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Friday, March 29, 2024


Exhibition Public - Asia

Cool and Breezy: Summer Greetings through Paintings and Ceramics

Nezu Museum
6-5-1 Minami Aoyama Minato,
Tokyo, Japan
Jul 26, 2014 To Sep 07, 2014


Detail: The phrase “sending you cool breezes” is used in the Japanese greeting cards exchanged in the sultry heat of summer. Artworks can also conjure a sense of cool respite. In paintings, figures whose garments flutter in the wind or watch the splashing spray of a waterfall invite the viewer to share their cooling sensations. Similarly, artists used witty shapes and color, such as the blue tones of porcelain with underglaze cobalt designs, to symbolize coolness in decorative arts.

We offer this gallery of close to 30 paintings and ceramics as the Nezu Museum’s summer greetings to its visitors, wishing all a cool and breezy summer.

Phone No.: (81)-3-3400-2636
Site URL: http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/exhibitions/next.html



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