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The Genius of Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin

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The Genius of Japanese Lacquer: Masterworks by Shibata Zeshin

Friday, March 21, 2008 — Sunday, June 15, 2008

Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891) is history’s greatest lacquer artist, recognized worldwide for his exquisitely detailed lacquered boxes, panels, sword mounts, and other objects, as well as scrolls painted in both ink and lacquer.

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oxherding Image Gallery

10 images

oxherding is based on the Song-Dynasty Chinese “Oxherding Series,” a Zen Buddhist parable of self-discovery comprised of pictures and verse.

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The Sound of One Hand Gallery

21 images

View images from the first exhibition in the West devoted to Hakuin, widely acknowledged as the leading Zen master of the last five centuries.

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JAPAN CUTS 2010 Posters

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Offering you the roughest, the sharpest... and the smoothest of today’s cutting-edge film scene! JAPAN CUTS returns with the only large-scale Japanese film festival in North America, offering U.S. and NY premieres of the latest and best in Japanese cinema. In its fourth consecutive year, the summer festival will screen over 20 titles (the most ever!), including co-presentations with the New York Asian Film Festival (July 1-4) and a special selection of films from the last decade (Best of Unreleased Naughties!) which have not been treated to U.S. release.

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Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection

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Utagawa Kuniyoshi's vivid scenes from history and legend, wildly popular 150 years ago, are a major influence on the work of today's manga and anime artists.

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Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile Design Gallery

21 images

Living National Treasure Serizawa Keisuke (1895–1984) used stencil-dyeing techniques to create irresistible works of art that range from screens and kimonos to book covers and magazine designs.

Multimedia: Video

Form Follows Fancy in New Architecture Video

Two of today's best-known international architects, César Pelli and Paul Tange, bring their insights from opposite points around the world.

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KRAZY! Cosplay Party Wrap-Up

75 images

March 28, 2009

Check out our pictures from the KRAZY! Cosplay Party! Thanks to all the cosplayers!

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Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile
The Yoku Tanaka Collection

20 images

Drawn from a previously unknown private collection in Tokyo, Buriki focuses on toys made for the U.S. market during the 1950s and early 1960s, with the emphasis on models that celebrate, in faithful detail, the Golden Age of American automobile styling.

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Shinjuku Ecstasy: Independent Films from the Art Theatre Guild of Japan

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For three decades, the Art Theater Guild played a decisive role in the development of art-house films in Japan, often dealing with the most controversial subjects. This 12-film series focuses on the first decade of the Art Theater Guild and on the Shinjuku Bunka, their flagship theater.

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Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

The Japan Society in collaboration with the Public Art Fund presented Little Boy, a major exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery and an installation of artworks in New York City’s public spaces and mass transit system in Spring 2005.

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