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Exhibition

Frolicking Animals

When

Sep 26, 1997Aug 2, 1998

Where

Japanese Galleries 241, 242, and 243, Second floor

About

This installation explores the Japanese love of nature in its presentation of paintings, ceramics, and decorative arts bearing animal motifs. Featured are works bearing images of fish, fowl, and fauna from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries, taken from the Museum's collection.

Curators

Dr. Felice Fischer • Luther W. Brady Curator of Japanese Art and Acting Curator of East Asian Art

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