Part I: March 14 (Saturday) – May 13 (Wednesday), 2020
Part II: May 15 (Friday) – July 5 (Sunday), 2020
Masterworks featured in this exhibition include Rei Shojo with flower basket which depicts the Chinese devotee of Zen Buddhism and paragon of filial piety who was a common theme in Japanese paintings starting from the Muromachi period. Another work thought to be of the same period is Portrait of Lie Zi by Shukei Sesson in which the Daoist philosopher is shown riding on the wind, an ability said to derive from his mastery of the supernatural arts. These and other selected paintings and calligraphic works from the Hara Rokuro Collection of traditional East Asian art appear alongside contemporary artworks for your viewing pleasure.
Featured Works
Traditional Art: [Part I & II] Waka poem “Kokin Waka-shu,” first part of “Spring” chapter with painted ground and butterfly design, Hon’ami Koetsu Edo period
[Part I] Landscape based on an old Chinese anecdote “Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion”, Kano school Momoyama – Edo period / Scene of mournful assembly at the death of Buddha, Momoyama period / Rei Shojo with flower basket, attributed to Jasoku Muromachi Period / Picnic set containing a tiew of boxes, a pair of sake bottles, dishes and a tray all decorated with design of birds flying over waves, Edo period and others
[Part II] Landscape based on an old Chinese anecdote “Assembly at the Orchid Pavilion”, Kano school Momoyama – Edo period / Portrait of Lie Zi, Sesson Muromachi period / Avalokitesvara appearing from the clam, Kano Tan’yu Edo period / Tier of boxes decorated in maki-e with design of hydrangeas, Edo period and others
Contemporary Art: [Part I & II] Anish Kapoor, Noe Aoki and others
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