Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
George J. Doizaki Gallery
August 30 – September 27, 2015
Gallery hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 12 to 4 pm; closed Monday.
The Price Collection: Heart of Beautiful Japan
Sakai Hoitsu and Suzuki Shuitsu
Admission free
The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles exhibits “The Price Collection: Heart of Beautiful Japan” featuring the masterpieces of the late Edo period painter Sakai Hoitsu (1761 – 1828) and Suzuki Shuitsu (1823 – 1889), with three Ikebana flower installations by Ikenobo, Ohara-Ryu, and Sogetsu schools respectively.
The exhibition includes Sakai Hoitsu’s “The Thirty-six immortal Poets with Flowering Plants” in a pair of six-panel folding screens, Hoitsu’s “Birds and Flowers of the Twelve Months” in twelve hanging scrolls, and Suzuki Shuitsu’s “Fans Floating on River” in a pair of two-panel folding screens.
