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Nihonga: Modern Japanese Painting from the Spencer Museum Collection

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Senior Session

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Spencer Museum of Art, 408 Kemper Balcony

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University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

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Spencer Museum of Art

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Spencer Curator Kris Ercums discusses Nihonga or "Japanese Painting" currently on display. Nihonga is characterized by its use of mineral pigments and traditional techniques that emerged in response to the rise of western-style oil painting in late 19th-century Japan.

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