The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

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Program Information

Brushed with Passion

Program information

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 John T. Carpenter, Curator, Department of Asian Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a calligraphy demonstration by Fumie Yamada.

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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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Discussion

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Sunday at the Met: Cambodian Rattan Performance

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The Full Moon at the Time of the Imo Harvest

Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1754–1806)

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: 8th month, 1789
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Dimensions:: 9 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (23.5 x 37.5 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914
Accession Number:: JP968

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