Description
Join us for a curator tour led by Kit Brooks, the museum's Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art, and Frank Feltens, the museum's curator of Japanese art, of the special exhibition Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints. Learn about the supernatural entities that came to life during Japanese noh and kabuki theater performances through exploring the colorful woodblock prints and illustrated books in the gallery.
Please meet at the gallery for the tour.
Image credit: Akogi, from the series Nōgaku zue, Tsukioka Kōgyo (1869–1927), Japan, Meiji era, March 1, 1899, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Robert O. Muller Collection, S2003.8.2898
