Brosseau Center for Learning: Japanese Art

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Japanese Art
Michael VanHartingsveldt, curator
Sherry Fowler, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
April 2, 2024–April 21, 2024
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Japanese art from the collection selected for Michael VanHartingsveldt’s HA 367 Art and Culture of Japan and Sherry Fowler’s HA 587 Japanese Sculpture.

Works of art

netsuke
netsuke, mid 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
尾州不二見原 Bishu Fujimihara (Fuji Seen Through a Barrel), Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849)
Hyakuman-tō (three-tiered pagoda)
Hyakuman-tō (three-tiered pagoda), 1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
上絵付鉢 uwae hachi (polychrome enamel bowl)
上絵付鉢 uwae hachi (polychrome enamel bowl), 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
head of a monk
head of a monk, 1800s, Edo Period (1600–1868)
zushi (portable shrine) containing Aizen Myōō
Kijō saihō no zu (Picture of Noble Ladies Sewing), Adachi Ginkō (active 1874–1897); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki
Adachi Ginkō (active 1874–1897); 佐々木豊吉 Toyokichi Sasaki
Kijō saihō no zu (Picture of Noble Ladies Sewing), 1887, Meiji period (1868–1912)
置物 okimono of eagle and monkey, 春光 Harumitsu (active 1860–1880)
春光 Harumitsu (active 1860–1880)
置物 okimono of eagle and monkey, 1880s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent)
Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent), possibly 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Mitsukuni Defying the Skeleton Spectre Invoked by Princess Takiyasha, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861)
茶入 chaire (tea caddy with maple leaves), 友嘉齋 Yukasai (active Meiji period (1868–1912))
友嘉齋 Yukasai (active Meiji period (1868–1912))
茶入 chaire (tea caddy with maple leaves), 1890s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Sculptor at Work (after Mitsuoki Tosa scroll)
半支迦 Hanshika (Pāñcika)
半支迦 Hanshika (Pāñcika), 1700s or 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)