Brosseau Center for Learning: Japanese Ceremonies and Festivals

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Brosseau Center for Learning: Japanese Ceremonies and Festivals
Brosseau Center for Learning: Japanese Ceremonies and Festivals
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections for the May 6 activity commemorating the Kite Festival and the May 11 Senior Session, “Japanese Craft and the Art of Tea.”

Works of art

Ryūryūkyo Shinsai (1764–1820), kite of the strong man, Asaina
circa 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Miyagawa Shuntei (1873–1914), Origami (Paper folding)
late 1896, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Miyagawa Kōzan (1842–1916), bowl with chrysanthemums
late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Heron and Butterflies with Rock
late 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Tsubaki Chinzan (1801–1854), Birds Amid Cherry Blossoms
1828, Edo period (1600–1868)
Watanabe Gentai (1749–1822), 武陵桃源 Buryô tôgen (Wuling’s Peach Blossom Spring)
late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
Kabasawa Kenji (born 1948), Namban mizusashi (Namban water jar with lid)
Kabasawa Kenji (born 1948)
1989
Toyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912), ichigatsu (The First Month)
1890, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Toyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912), gogatsu (The Fifth Month)
1890, Meiji period (1868–1912)
untitled (children collecting insects)
1940–1945, Showa period (1926–1989)
Keisuke Serizawa (1895–1984), May
May
1967
untitled (flying kite)
late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Events

May 6, 2023
Activity
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Reece Memorial Plaza
May 11, 2023
Talk
10:15–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 406 Stewart Gallery, 409 Lee Study Center