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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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Vase with Women Enjoying Scholarly Pursuits

Period:: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722)
Date:: early 18th century
Culture:: China
Medium:: Porcelain painted with colored enamels under transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Dimensions:: H. 28 in. (71.1 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Bequest of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1960
Accession Number:: 61.200.27

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 202

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