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Thursday, March 28, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada
Asia Week New York

Celebrating the Arts of Japan The Mary Griggs Burke Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York, USA
Oct 20, 2015 To Jul 31, 2016


Detail: This tribute to a great collector reveals the distinctive features of Japanese art as viewed through the lens of fifty years of collecting: the sublime spirituality of Buddhist and Shinto art; the boldness of Zen ink painting; the imaginary world conjured up by the Tale of Genji and classical Japanese literature; the sumptuous colors of bird-and-flower painting; the subtlety of poetry, calligraphy, and literati themes; the aestheticized accoutrements of the tea ceremony; and the charming portraiture of courtesans from the "floating world" (ukiyo-e).

Phone No.: 212-535-7710
Site URL: http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2015/celebrating-the-arts-of-japan

Kaikei (<i>Fudō Myōō</i>)
Kaikei (Fudō Myōō)
Japan
early 13th century. Kamakura period (1185–1333)
H. 20 1/4 in. (51.5 cm)
Lacquered Japanese cypress (hinoki), color, gold, and kirikane, inlaid

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