Photos: Japanese masterpieces in Japan
Visitors view "Dragon and Clouds'' by Soga Shhaku (Japanese, 1730Ð1781) 1763; Fusuma; ink on paper, at the exhibit "Japanese Masterpieces," at Tokyo National Museum
Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Tiger," Hasegawa Thaku, dated 1606. One from a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink on paper.
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
Installation at the exhibit "Japanese Masterpieces," in Tokyo.
Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
A crowd viewed the show "Japanese Masterpieces" at Kyushu National Museum, Japan.
MFA
| March 24, 2013
Akane Kokubo (center) was the millionth visitor to "Japanese Masterpieces." The lucky visitor is a high school student who saw a Japanese TV program about Soga Shohaku's "Dragon and Clouds" and asked her mother to take her to the show. At left is her mother, Michie Kokubo, at right is Karoku Miwa, the director of Kyushu National Museum.
| March 24, 2013
Visitors viewed an installation at the "Japanese Masterpieces" exhibit.
MFA
| March 24, 2013
People stood in line at the Tokyo National Museum to view the show.
Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Landscape," Kenk Shkei. Hanging scroll, ink on paper.
Fenollosa-Weld Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Shaka, the Historical Buddha, Preaching on Vulture Peak" Eighth century. Panel. Ink, color, and gold on ramie.
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Qinshansi Temple," Kano Motonobu. Panel. Ink and color on gold-leafed paper.
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Bat Kannon, the Horse-headed Bodhisattva of Compassion" Panel. Ink, color, gold, and silver on silk.
Fenollosa-Weld Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"The Four Sages of Mount Shang" Soga Shhaku. One of a pair of six-panel folding screens. Ink and gold on paper.
Fenollosa-Weld Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Waves at Matsushima" Ogata Krin. Six-panel folding screen. Ink, color, and gold on paper.
Fenollosa-Weld Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Dragon and Clouds" Soga Shhaku. Fusuma. Ink on paper.
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013
"Minister Kibi's Adventures in China," Scroll 4. Artist Unknown. Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper.
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection, by exchange/Museum of Fine Arts
| March 24, 2013