Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA April 13, 2013–July 28, 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art The museum’s collection includes excellent prints by the renowned Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849). Among the museum’s holdings are two of this artist’s most iconic works, popularly known as Red Fuji...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art Installation: Maruyama Ōkyo | Birds and Flowers On View: January 19 — July 2013 Location: Pavilion for Japanese Art, East Wing This installation of paintings from LACMA’s permanent collection focuses on the artist Maruyama Ōkyo and his followers. Ōkyo (1733-1795) changed the course of Japanese...
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA Pavilion for Japanese Art April 13 – July 28, 2013 Free with museum admission, no reservations Robert T. Singer, department head and curator of Japanese art, will lead a tour of Japanese Prints: Hokusai at LACMA on Sunday, May 5 at...
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Spiritual Landmarks in Modern Japanese Prints October 27, 2012 – March 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art, level 3, Helen and Felix Juda Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 + In the pre-modern era, especially the 19th century, pilgrimage was an accepted way of traveling to...
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Bushell Netsuke: The Evolution of 18th-century Netsuke October 27, 2012 – February 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art, Level 2, Raymond and Frances Bushell Netsuke Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 + Precisely when netsuke were first used in Japan is not known although historic documents and...
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The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents the U.S. debut of Maruyama Okyo’s Cranes (1772), an extraordinary pair of Japanese screens on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013 at its Pavilion for Japanese Art. The exhibition of Okyo’s Cranes will run for four month. The closing date is not announced yet. The screens was recently...
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Ohie Toshio; Karasawa Hitoshi, The Life of Saigyo, 1995, leather-bound book with slipcase and chemise, engravings and prints by Karasawa Hitoshi, biography of the poet Saigyo by Tsuji Kunio, published by Shinkosha, collection of Ohie Toshio. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents the first solo museum exhibition for Japanese bookbinder...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art will invite world-class master of Zen calligraphy Shodo Harada Roshi from Japan for its program on Saturday, Sept. 15, at 2 pm at Dorothy Collins Brown Auditorium at the LACMA campus, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Admission is free, but tickets are sold out. Shodo Harada...
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