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Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Part of a Sunday at the Met held in conjunction with the exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art, on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013, this lecture features Haruo Shirane, the Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University.

Recorded September 30, 2012

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.
The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.

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Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: mid-19th century
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Glass
Dimensions:: H. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Classification:: Glass
Credit Line:: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of Douglas Dillon, 2001
Accession Number:: 2001.58.1

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