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Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters from the Price Collection

November 10, 2007 - April 13, 2008

Museum: Sackler Gallery

Location: 1st & 2nd Levels, Main Galleries & Northeast Galleries

This selection of 109 Japanese Edo Period (1615-1868) paintings from the world renowned California-based collection of Joe and Etsuko Price, features screen, hanging scroll, and fan formats. The Price Collection reflects the eclectic diversity of a remarkably creative span in Japan's history of visual culture and some of the finest examples of the distinctive, hauntingly preternatural renderings of animal life by Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800). Note: Three rotations of works will occur in order to display all 109 paintings -- with approximately 50 on view at any given time -- and to provide protection for those that are light sensitive. Related catalogue: $29.95 (paper)