“The Art of Impermanence: Japanese Works from the John C. Weber Collection and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection” Exhibition

Asia Society and Museum

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Impermanence is a pervasive subject in Japanese thought and art. Through masterpieces of calligraphy, painting, sculpture, ceramics, lacquers, and textiles drawn from two of America’s greatest Japanese art collections, this exhibition examines Japan’s unique and nuanced references to transience. Objects span from the Jomon period to the twentieth century.

[Image: Prince Son’en (1298-1356). Toshinari’s Competition of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets (Toshinari Sanjurokunin utaawase) (detail). Japan. Nanbokuchō period, 14th century. Handscroll; ink on kumogami paper decorated with gold and silver birds and butterflies. H. 10 1/3 x W. 449 in.]