2019 / Los Angeles: “Animals in Japanese Art” exhibition special program featuring folk hero, Nov. 17
Kintaro (or Golden Boy) who was existing about 1,000 years ago, is still one of Japan’s most popular folk heroes, a role model for children. Raised in the wilderness, even as a toddler he showed phenomenal strength and fearlessness. At the Los Angeles County Museum, woodblock print “Kintaro Seizes the Carp” (1885) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi […]