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Photos: Japanese masterpieces in Japan

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"Waves at Matsushima" Ogata K™rin. Six-panel folding screen. Ink, color, and gold on paper. Fenollosa-Weld Collection/Museum of Fine Arts

    Photos: Japanese masterpieces in Japan

    Visitors view

    Visitors view "Dragon and Clouds'' by Soga Sh™haku (Japanese, 1730Ð1781) 1763; Fusuma; ink on paper, at the exhibit "€œJapanese Masterpieces," at Tokyo National Museum
    Museum of Fine Arts | March 24, 2013

    "Tiger," Hasegawa T™haku, 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

    Installation at the exhibit "Japanese Masterpieces,"€ in Tokyo.
    Museum of Fine Arts | March 24, 2013
    Crowds view the show

    A crowd viewed the show "€œJapanese Masterpieces"€ at Kyushu National Museum, Japan.
    MFA | March 24, 2013
    Akane Kokubo (center) was the millionth visitor to

    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

    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.

    People stood in line at the Tokyo National Museum to view the show.
    Museum of Fine Arts | March 24, 2013

    "Landscape," Kenk™ Sh™kei. 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 Sh™haku. 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 K™rin. Six-panel folding screen. Ink, color, and gold on paper.
    Fenollosa-Weld Collection/Museum of Fine Arts | March 24, 2013

    "Dragon and Clouds" Soga Sh™haku. 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