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Past Exhibitions
Turning Point: Oribe and the Arts of Sixteenth-Century Japan
October 21, 2003–January 11, 2004
The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan
This exhibition explores the genesis of the dramatic stylistic changes in Japanese art during the brief but brilliant Momoyama period (1573–1615), which witnessed the struggles of ambitious warlords for control of the long-splintered country and Japan’s first encounter with the West. The first comprehensive examination of the subject in the West, the exhibition presents nearly 200 objects—paintings, ceramics, lacquerware, and textiles from public and private collections in Japan, the United States, and Canada—that together illustrate the political, economic, and social forces underlying the unprecedented changes in the arts and aesthetics in late-16th-century Japan. Chief among these forces was Furuta Oribe’s (1543/44–1615) innovative approach to the practice of the tea ceremony, culminating in the unique development of the strikingly bold and colorful ceramics known as Oribe. The new creative energy that marked this period found expression not only in Oribe ceramics but in all the arts, which with their shared motifs, designs, and compositions evidence a collaboration among artists never before witnessed in the history of Japanese art.
Accompanied by a catalogue.
In connection with the exhibition, a full-day scholarly symposium will be held at the Metropolitan Museum on Sunday, October 26, from 10:00 to 5:00 in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. Reservations required; call (212) 570-3710 or e-mail lectures@metmuseum.org.Nomura is the proud sponsor of this exhibition.
Additional support has been provided by the Toshiba International Foundation.
The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in collaboration with The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu.
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