Gallery
Overview
Japan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition of Japanese art. Extending in scope from prehistory to the present, the Gallery’s exhibitions since 1971 have covered topics as diverse as classical Buddhist sculpture and calligraphy, contemporary photography and ceramics, samurai swords, export porcelain, and masterpieces of painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century. Each exhibition, with its related catalog and public programs, is a unique cultural event that illuminates familiar and unfamiliar fields of art.
Upcoming Exhibition:
Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters:
Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection
Friday, March 12 — Sunday, June 13
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Mitsukuni Defies a Skeleton Specter (detail), 1845-46. Color woodblock print, 14 5/6 x 29 7/8 in. The British Museum, JA 1915.8-23.0915, 0916. Photo © Trustees of the British Museum.
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. This exhibition features over 130 dramatic depictions of giant spiders, skeletons and toads; Chinese ruffians; women warriors; haggard ghosts; and desperate samurai combat.
View an image gallery from the exhibition
Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters: Japanese Prints by Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur R. Miller Collection has been organized by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with Arthur R. Miller and The British Museum. Prints from the Miller Collection have been generously loaned to Japan Society by the American Friends of The British Museum.
Support for this exhibition at Japan Society is provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, Edward and Anne Studzinski, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Education programs for Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters are funded by the Japanese Art Dealers Association.
Media sponsorship is provided by
Exhibitions at Japan Society are made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery, and with ongoing support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Japan Society also wishes to thank The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation for its catalogue support.
Support for this exhibition at Japan Society is provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, Edward and Anne Studzinski, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Education programs for Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters are funded by the Japanese Art Dealers Association.
Media sponsorship is provided by
Exhibitions at Japan Society are made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery, and with ongoing support from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Japan Society also wishes to thank The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation for its catalogue support.