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California
The Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
15770 10th Ave.
Hanford, CA 93230
(559) 582-4915
www.ccjac.org
The Meiji Dilemma: Forward and Backward in Japanese Arts
October 20–December 1
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12:30–5 p.m.
Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for students with ID, free for children 12 and under. Closed on national holidays and during August.
Pacific Asia Museum
46 North Los Robles Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 449-2742
www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Meiji: Japan Rediscovered
Through March 20, 2011
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
200 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA
(415) 581-3500
www.asianart.org
Japan's Early Ambassadors to San Francisco, 1860–1927
Through November 27
Timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the ship Kanrin Maru and the first Japanese embassy to the United States, this thematic exhibit focuses on some of the first Japanese diplomats and cultural emissaries in San Francisco, and how they responded to the experience of being in America. It highlights more than 40 artworks and other visual media associated with the first mission, with travel to the U.S., and with Japanese artists and cultural leaders active in San Francisco between 1880 and 1927. The thematic exhibit addresses the personal and artistic challenges faced by these artists, which included discriminatory practices and attitudes, and an anti-Japanese movement tied directly to the 1924 Exclusion Act prohibiting further immigration from Japan. The exhibit culminates with a presentation of two of the Friendship Dolls sent to San Francisco as "goodwill ambassadors" from Japan in 1927, part of an orchestrated response to this law. On view in the Japan galleries.
In a New Light: The Asian Art Museum Collection
Ongoing
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursdays, to 9 p.m.
Admission: Adults, $10; seniors 65 and older with ID, $7; youths 13–17 and
college students with ID, $6; children 12 and under, free; Thursday after 5 p.m., $5.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA
(415) 750-3600
deyoung.famsf.org/
Pat Steir: After Hokusai, after Hiroshige
July 17, 2010–January 30, 2011
Complementing Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism at the Legion of Honor (see below), this exhibit shows the continued influence of the Japanese print on Western artists into the late 20th century. American painter, printmake, and conceptual artist Pat Steir (b. 1938) was the first artist selected by Kathan Brown in 1982 to travel to Japan to make a color woodcut for Crown Point Press’s groundbreaking printmaking program in Kyoto. There she had the opportunity to work closely with artisans trained in the traditional methods of Japanese woodblock printing. In 1984 and 1985 she turned to subjects derived from famous prints by Hokusai and Hiroshige in color etchings she produced at Crown Point Press in Oakland.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, at Clement Street
San Francisco, CA
(415) 750-3600
legionofhonor.famsf.org/
Thirty-Six Aspects of Mount Fuji in Japanese Illustrated Books
from the Arthur Tress Collection—Part I
September 11, 2010–February 20, 2011
Noted photographer Arthur Tress (b. 1940) began collecting Japanese books in the fall of 1965 when he was a student at the Zen study center associated with the Sh?koku-ji temple in Kyoto. In the 45 years since that first discovery, Tress continued to collect books and now has a comprehensive collection numbering several hundred volumes. He has selected a small group from his collection for this first of a two-part exhibition of illustrated books on the subject of Fuji, the iconic mountain that is the enduring symbol of Japan. Thirty-Six Aspects of Mount Fuji in Japanese Illustrated Books brings together books dating from the late 1600s through the 19th century that show Fuji viewed from various vantage points, at different times of year and during all four seasons. Fuji is also seen as a decorative motif in elaborately printed pattern books for kimonos and folding fans. Key among the selections are several volumes featuring illustrations from Hokusai’s One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, published between 1834 and 1849 after his successful color print series, Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (ca. 1830–1832). Part II follows in February 2011.
Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Age of Impressionism
October 16, 2010–January 9, 2011
This exhibit introduces audiences to the development of the Japanese print over two centuries (1700–1900) and reveals its profound influence on Western art during the era of Impressionism. It complements the de Young's presentation of paintings from the Musée d’Orsay, many of which are aesthetically indebted to concepts of the Japanese print, and also the exhibition Pat Steir: After Hokusai, after Hiroshige. Culled primarily from the holdings of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the exhibition of approximately 250 prints, drawings, paintings, and artist’s books unfolds in three sections: Evolution, Essence, and Influence.
Santa Barbara Museum
of Art
1130 State St.
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-4364
www.sbmuseart.org
Poets, Courtiers, and Lovers: Allusions to the Classical Past in Japanese Woodblock Prints
Ongoing
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday, 11 a.m–5 p.m.
Admission: Adults, $9; seniors and students, $6.
Florida
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
4000 Morikami Park Road
Delray Beach, Fl 33446
(561) 495-0233
www.morikami.org
Kyoto: A Place in Art
Through October 17
Hawaii
Honolulu Academy of Arts
900 South Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96914-1495
www.honoluluacademy.org
Picturesque Prints: Japanese Woodblock Art in the 20th Century
Through August 1
Girl Talk: 20th Century Japanese Prints Depicting Women
Through August 1
Illinois
Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL
(312) 443-3600
www.artic.edu
Note: The Japanese Galleries will be closed for renovation
from January 19 until September.
Indiana
Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN
(317) 923-1331
www.imamuseum.org
Paintings of the Four Seasons
Through September 12
36 Views of Mt. Fuji, Part 2
Through September 5
Eighteen color woodblock prints by Utagawa Hiroshige.
Massachusetts
Museum of Fine Arts
465 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115-5523
(617) 369-3222
www.mfa.org
The Way of the Gods: Shinto Shrines and their Art
Through August 1
Edo Ink: Tattoos in Japanese Prints
Through January 2, 2011
Hours: Sunday–Saturday, 10 a.m.–4:45 p.m.; Wednesday–Friday, to 9:45 p.m.
Admission: Adults, $15; seniors and students, $13; children 6–17 school
days until 3 p.m., $6.50, free at all other times.
Michigan
University of Michigan Museum of Art
525 South State St.
Ann Arbor, MI
(734) 763-8662
www.umma.umich.edu
Wrapped in Silk and Gold: A Family Legacy of 20th-Century Japanese Kimono
Through July 25
Turning Point: Japanese Studio Ceramics in the Mid-20th Century
Through August 22
A selection of ceramics dating from the 1930s through 1970s by leading figures and Living National Treasures such as Hamada Shoji, Kawai Kanjiro, and Arakawa Toyozo.
New Jersey
The Newark Museum
49 Washington St.
Newark, NJ 07101
(973) 596-6550
www.newarkmuseum.org From Meiji to Modern: Japanese Art Goes Global
Ongoing
Court Ladies and Courtesans: Private Worlds of Old Japan
Ongoing
Costumes, court dolls, paintings, prints and netsuke.
New York
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
(718) 638-5000
www.brooklynmuseum.org
Ukiyo-e Paintings
Through December
A selection of paintings from the museum’s permanent collection, dating from the Kambun era to the mid-nineteenth century and featuring bijin and related subjects. The installation consists of eight hanging scrolls and one small screen.
LongHouse Reserve
133 Hards Creek Road
East Hampton, NY 11937
(631) 329-3568
www.longhouse.org
Ryo Toyonaga Organic Stoneware
Through October 9
Large ceramic forms made from stoneware.
Japan Society Gallery
333 East 47th St.
New York, NY
(212) 832-1155
www.japansociety.org
The Sound of One Hand: Paintings and Calligraphy by Zen Master Hakuin
October 2010–January 2011
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave. at 82nd St.
New York, NY 10028
www.metmuseum.org
Regular Japanese Gallery rotation
Hours: Sunday, Tuesday–Thursday, 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–9 p.m.
Recommended admission: Adults, $15; seniors, $10; students, $7; free to
members and children under 12 with an adult.
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY
(212) 534-1672
www.mcny.org
Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860
Through October 11
Hailed as "One of the most novel and imposing spectacles ever witnessed in this City…" (The New York Times, June 16, 1860), a visit to New York (and America) by a delegation of more than 70 samurai from Japan—six years after Commodore Matthew Perry compelled the isolated island nation to open its ports to the United States—will be celebrated in this exhibition. Material will document the visit of these first Japanese ambassadors, who traveled to the still-young United States as couriers of important international trade documents, and whose itinerary included a two-week visit to New York City. Extremely rare 19th-century photographs, ephemera related to the epic visit, newspaper accounts, and exquisite works of art and adornment revealing Japanese influence will be on view, celebrating the 150th anniversary of this seminal event. (Editor’s note: The exhibit includes several photographs owned by JASA member and collector Tom Burnett.)
Oregon
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
University of Oregon
1430 Johnson Lane
Eugene, OR 97403
(541) 346-3027
http://jsma.uoregon.edu
Art and Everyday Life in Japan
Ongoing
A new installation in the permanent collection galleries that includes ukiyo-e, showing the pleasures of daily life.
14 Views of Mt. Fuji
Ongoing
Selection from a series by Saitō Kiyoshi (1907–1997).
Rhode Island RISD Museum
224 Benefit St.
Providence, RI 02903-2723
(401) 454-6500
www.risd.edu/museum.cfm
Mountains and Rivers: Scenic Views of Japan
Through July 31
Texas
Museum of Fine Arts
1001 Bissonnet
Houston, TX
(713) 639-7300
www.mfah.org
Katsura: Picturing Modernism in Japanese Architecture; Photographs by Ishimoto Yasuhiro
Through September 12
Washington, D.C.
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Smithsonian Institution
Independence Ave. at 12th St. S.W.
Washington, DC 20013-7012
(202) 357-2700
www.asia.si.edu
Cornucopia: Ceramics from Southern Japan
Through January 9, 2011
A heightened fascination with the design and uses of ceramics, combined with advances in technology, launched an era of extraordinarily diverse and accomplished ceramic production in Japan beginning around 1600. The center of this was southern Japan, particularly the island of Kyushu. Hundreds of kilns produced both stoneware coated in muted glazes and porcelain ornamented with cobalt blue or multicolored enamels for the domestic market (with a focus on utensils for dining and for the tea ceremony) and for export to Europe and Southeast Asia.
Contemporary Japanese Porcelain
Continuing indefinitely
Japanese Screens
Continuing indefinitely
Hours: Daily, 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Admission: Free.
Katzen Arts Center
American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington, DC
(202) 654-3100
american.edu/cas/museum/visiting.cfm
Soaring Voices: Recent Ceramics by Women of Japan
Through August 15
Soaring Voices surveys the accomplishments of 26 leading female figures in contemporary Japanese ceramics through 87 works of art. There is a 96-page catalogue.
Finland
Inrō: A Key to the World of Samurai
Through January 9, 2011
A total of 205 inrō plus a selection of woodblock prints and modern lacquer work from the collection of Heinz and Else Kress.
France
Ceramics Edo: Four Centuries of Japanese Ceramics in the Museum's Collections
Through July 4
Japan
Kyoto National Museum
527 Chayamachi, Higashiyama-ku
Kyoto, Japan 605-0391
075-541-1151
www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html
New Acquisitions
July 17–August 29
The master painter of the Momoyama period, Hasegawa Tohaku (1539–1610), was a contemporary of Kanō Eitoku, whose works were featured in a major exhibition at the Kyoto National Museum in 2007. This exhibition on Hasegawa Tohaku commemorates the 400th memorial year of his passing and will present many of his masterpieces, including the most popular National Treasure Pine Grove (Tokyo National Museum).
Nara National Museum
50 Noborioji-chō
Nara, Japan 630-8213
0742-22-7771
www.narahaku.go.jp/
Note: The museum will be closed for renovation
through July 20.
Sumidagawa: The Beloved River of Edo
September 22–November 14
Ota Memorial Museum of Art
1-10-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo, Japan 150-0001
03-3403-0880
http://www.ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp
Hokusai and the Age
Through July 25
Animals in Ukiyo-e
August 3–27
Calendar of Edo: From Summer to Autumn
September 7–24
Elegance and Esprit: Noh and Kyōgen Masterpieces
from the National Noh Theatre Collection
Through July 25
Nabeshima Ware-Designs that Inspire Pride
August 11–October 11
Tokyo National Museum
13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku
Tokyo, Japan 110-8712
www.tnm.go.jp
Gateway to Ukiyo-e: 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō Road
Through July 11
GALLERY SHOWS
Cullom Gallery
603 South Main
Seattle, WA
102-0075
(206) 919-8278
www.cullomgallery.com
Cuttin' It Up: Papercuts by Tanaka Ryohei
August 3–14
Third Annual Ephemera Show: Japanese postcards, matchboxes, etc.
Joan B. Mirviss Ltd.
9 East 78th St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10075
(212) 799-4021
www.mirviss.com
Ao
Through August 13
Ao is the Japanese word that conveys either blue or green, colors evocative of summer. A selection of aoi works of paintings and screens by leading rimpa and Maruyama-shijo artists celebrating nature will be on display, as well as aoi ceramics by Tsujimura Kai, Kato Yasukage, Fukumoto Fuku, Hamanaka Gesson, Morino Hiroaki Taimei and Kawase Shinobu..
Flights of Fancy: The Porcelain Art of Takegoshi Jun
September 13–October 22
In his second solo show, Takegoshi shall be exhibiting more than 30 polychrome enamel porcelain works, all masterfully painted with depictions of exotic birds and brilliantly colored foliage.
Artist’s lectures on September 14th and 16th at the gallery are by reservation only.
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