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Saksaha: A Journal of Manchu Studies is the open-access, peer reviewed journal of the Manchu Studies Group. Its purpose is to advance and promote informed scholarship on all aspects of Manchu studies, including (but not limited to) history, literature, linguistics, philology, anthropology, religious studies, art history, folklore, material culture, and cultural studies. Since 1996, it has been the only journal specifically devoted to Manchu Studies in a European language.

Saksaha is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.

Volume 21 • 2025

Research Article


Leping’s Lessons: Considering Muwa Gisun

Sarah Bramao-Ramos

2025-11-07 Volume 21 • 2025

Parties and Scandals: State and Literary Discourse on the Lingguan Convent Case of 1838

Bingyu Zheng

2025-11-07 Volume 21 • 2025

Book Review


Review of The Manchu Language at Court and in the Bureaucracy under the Qianlong Emperor, by Mårten Söderblom Saarela

Qi Hong

2025-11-07 Volume 21 • 2025

Review of The Tungusic Languages, edited by Alexander Vovin, José Andrés Alonso de la Fuente, and Juha Janhunen

Loretta Kim

2025-11-07 Volume 21 • 2025