Unseen Art History: Utagawa Toyoharu’s ‘A Winter Party’
Charles Lang Freer, Japan, painting, Unseen Art History
Category: Japanese Art
Sensational Buddhism
Buddhism, Buddhist Art, Buddhist Practice, Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia, Tibetan Art, Tibetan Shrine Room
Unseen Art History: Tea Bowl with Design of Chrysanthemums
ceramics, Japanese Art, Japanese ceramics, provenance, Provenance Research, Unseen Art History, Yamanaka & Co.
Unseen Art History: September (Chrysanthemum)
Art History, Autumn, Chrysanthemum, flowers, Japan, Japanese Art, provenance, Unseen Art History, Watanabe Seitei
From Court to Concert Hall: The Origins of Classical Music in Japan
classical music, concert, court music, Japan, Meiji era, music, piano, violin
Thinking Beyond the Frame
Bai Juyi, Five Women Who Changed the World, Japanese Art, Oda Mayumi, poetry, Print, Silkscreen, social media, Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Tale of Genji, Women in Art, Women's History Month, Yang Guifei
The Guiding Hand of Past Masters
Fujiwara no Yasumasa, Gerhard Pulverer Collection, Hakamadare, Illustrated Books, Japanese Art, Japanese Artists, Kikuchi Yōsai, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, World Book Day
![Black and white photo of installation view, “Chinese, Corean [sic] and Japanese potteries” exhibition, Knoedler & Co., New York, March 2–21, 1914.](https://i0.wp.com/asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/1-scaled.jpg?resize=980%2C980&ssl=1)
This Day in Freer History: March 21, 1914
Archives, ceramics, Charles Lang Freer, Chinese Art, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery of Art Collection, Freer History, Japanese Art, Korean Art
Zhong Kui and the Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Shoki, Zhong Kui, Zhongshan
LONELY PLANET in Edo-period Japan: Meisho Zue
Japanese Art, Library, Travel
This Day in Freer History: April 20, 1907
Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer Gallery, Freer History
Movies in the Spirit of the Cherry Blossoms
This Day in Freer History: February 23, 1901
Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 100, Freer History, History, Katsushika Hokusai
Meeting our Mentors
Teen Council
Scientific Imaging of a Japanese Handscroll
Japan
Utamaro: The Musical at the Freer|Sackler
Kitagawa Utamaro
National Cat Day: Courtesan Beneath a Mosquito Net
F1995.17
Scenes of the 1923 Earthquake
F1975.12
(Every Day is) Dog Day
S1987.24, S2004.3.25
Japanese Music for the Summer Solstice
Happy Father’s Day!
ImaginAsia: The Lost Finger
The Saddest Toad
F2004.29
Spring Has Sprung: Japan
F1984.39, S2003.8.2577, S2003.8.623
NYFW: Catwalk-Worthy Fashions in Our Collections
fashion
Six Reasons to See “Sōtatsu” Before it Closes
Sotatsu: Making Waves, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Making Musical Waves
koto, S2004.3.21
Sōtatsu: Pieces of the Past
F1900.24, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
A Glimpse of New Year’s Gold
F1896.55, New Year, tea, tea ceremony
Friday Fave: Sugimoto’s Seascapes
Friday Fave, photography
Inspired By the Dark
F1902.143a–b, James McNeill Whistler, Kobayashi Kiyochika
Friday Fave: Trees
F1962.30–31, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Halloween Help from Freer|Sackler
F2003.5.16, Halloween, masks
Sōtatsu Rules the Waves!
Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Osumi Yukie: Master of Japanese Metalwork
Osumi Yukie
Action, Anarchy, and Audacity: A Seijun Suzuki Retrospective
Seijun Suzuki
Behind the Scenes: Sōtatsu
Sotatsu: Making Waves, Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Anime and Manga Summer Camp
Friday Fave: Guardian Figures
F1949.21, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Lute and White Snake
F1904.134, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Hiroshige’s “Sudden Shower”
F1994.29, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Chiharu Shiota
digitization, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Chinese Taoist Immortals
F1902.227, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Writing Box
digitization, F1904.37a–c, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Pheasants and Cherry Trees
Cherry Blossom Festival, digitization, F2006.3.1–2, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: March MADness
digitization, Friday Fave
Grey Matters
digitization, S1997.33
Friday Fave: Tea Bowl
digitization, F1904.323, Friday Fave, gold, lacquer, repair
Friday Fave: Monkeys and Trees on a Riverbank
digitization, F1903.218–19, Friday Fave
Friday Fave: Moonlight Revelry at Dozo Sagami
digitization, F1903.54, Friday Fave
Finding Fish for “Bountiful Waters”
F2002.15, Utagawa Hiroshige
Why is the Smithsonian Covered in Yarn?!
Chiharu Shiota, Perspectives
Whistler, Hiroshige, and a Fortunate Find
An American in London: Whistler and the Thames, James McNeill Whistler
Can Your Tea Jar Do This?
Chigusa, tea
Happy International Sushi Day!
Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art, F1995.16.10, sushi
The Littlest Tea Man
ceramics, Chigusa, tea
And the Academy Award for Best Actor Goes To …
Anne van Biema, Edo period, S2004.3.259
Angry Birds?
Charles Lang Freer, Dewing, F1896.100, F1896.53, Japan, Sylvan Sounds
Eels in July
F2008.2a-c, Meiji era
Fireworks!
Japan, Kobayashi Kiyochika, S2003.8.1195
The Paper Chase: Making Japanese Books
Gerhard Pulverer Collection
The Art of the Book
Family Day, Gerhard Pulverer Collection, graphic arts, Japan
Demons Out! Luck In!
Kawanabe Kyosai, S2003.8.496, Setsubun
Snow in Japan
F1902.39
Freer @ 90: Early Acquisitions
Charles Lang Freer, Freer at 90, James McNeill Whistler
Who Ya Gonna Call? (Ghost Edition)
Halloween, Katsushika Hokusai, S2004.3.210
“Masters of Mercy: Buddha’s Amazing Disciples” Closes July 8
Masters of Mercy
Fireworks Freer|Sackler Style
Kobayashi Kiyochika, S2003.8.1197
Japan: the Apple of Steve Jobs’ Eye?
Hashiguchi Goyo, S2003.8.121
Catch the Wave: Hokusai Closing this Sunday
Ann Yonemura, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
Hokusai by the Book
Charles Lang Freer, Freer|Sackler Library, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
You Ask, We Answer: Why is it so Dark in Here?
Ann Yonemura, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
Animazing!
anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai
Honoring a “Transcendent” Contribution
F1967.18, Freer Medal, Japan Spring, John Rosenfield
Eye Wonder Redux
Google Art Project, Peacock Room
Hokusai: Performance Artist
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
Facing East: Kabuki in Honor of Japan Spring
Bando Kotoji, Japan Spring, kabuki, Sackler 25
Fuji to Go: Making Tatebanko
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
Japan Spring in the Sackler Gallery
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, cherry blossoms, Japan Spring, Sackler 25
Curator Ann Yonemura on Hokusai
Ann Yonemura, cherry blossoms, Japan Spring, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
Sketching the Koto Player
cherry blossoms, Japan Spring, koto, Sackler 25
Cherry Blossom Origami
cherry blossoms, Family Day, Japan Spring, Sackler 25
Hokusai: Making Waves
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai, Sackler 25
Hokusai: A Mad Man Before His Time
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, Katsushika Hokusai