The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Surimono and a Box

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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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Surimono and a Box

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (Japanese, active ca. 1799–1823)

Period:: Edo period (1615–1868)
Date:: 1808
Culture:: Japan
Medium:: Polychrome woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper
Dimensions:: 5 9/16 x 7 7/16 in. (14.1 x 18.9 cm)
Classification:: Prints
Credit Line:: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number:: JP2024

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 231

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