Exhibitions

Seasonal Landscapes in Japanese Screens

March 7, 2015 – September 7, 2015

Freer Gallery of Art
Jefferson Drive and 12th St., SW
Washington, DC

Gallery 5

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Cherry trees bloom in this selection of folding screen paintings from the Freer Gallery. These landscapes from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries combine ink painting techniques assimilated from China with the vibrant color and gold of traditional Japanese painting in a new style and grand scale.