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

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

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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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Case (Inrō) with Design of Minamoto no Yoritomo and Courtiers Watching Released Cranes Fly Away at Akanumagahara

Period:
Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:
19th century
Culture:
Japan
Medium:
Gold and silver maki-e with gold lacquer Ojime: Stone in the shape of a melon, 19th century Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881 81.1.424.85 Netsuke: Ivory in the shape of a deer, 19th century Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910 10.211.510
Dimensions:
H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); D. 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Classification:
Inrō
Credit Line:
Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Accession Number:
81.1.337

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