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Now Available: Impressions 42 Part One

In Impressions 42, Part One of a Double Issue (2021), Shirley Z. Johnson tells us what we need to know about storage boxes; the print collector Lee E. Dirks speaks up; Rosina Buckland interviews the British collector Jeffrey Pollard; Andrew Maske focuses on a Takatori dish; Noriko Okubo introduces sumo wrestlers, men of bulk; Kit Brooks tackles a masterpiece by Watanabe Seitei; Veronica Miller, Geoffrey…
February 24, 2021
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Lecture: Netsuke and Sagemono in the Year of the Ox (Dr. David Butsumyo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w114UQ_777o The zodiacal year 2021 is the Year of the Ox. In recognition of this special occasion, the image of the ox in Japanese folklore and religion will be explored through netsuke and sagemono. In this February 17, 2021, Webinar co-sponsored by the International Netsuke Society, netsuke collector Dr. David Butsumyo speaks about these miniature sculptures, which originated in 17th-century Japan. Netsuke and sagemono were…
February 20, 2021
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Lecture: Collecting Mingei: Three Perspectives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt6BRfv63qk Japanese folk art and crafts both fall into the collecting category Mingei. This overarching term covers everything from pre-industrial crafts to handmade everyday tools and vessels. In this February 7, 2021, Webinar, Kyoko Utsumi Mimura, Waseda University arts faculty member and former Director of the Mingeikan in Tokyo; Ty Heineken, Joint Director, Studio Japan, in Kingston, New Jersey, and author with his wife, Kiyoko,…
February 8, 2021