The British Museum Japanese Art Collection "Hundred Flowers Blooming: Edo Paintings Across the Sea" at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum – Works Returning Home for the First Time and Miraculous Reunions
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The exhibition at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum showcases Edo paintings and ukiyo-e that reunite after 150 years, highlighting the British Museum's Japanese collection.Summary
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum’s exhibition, titled "The British Museum Japanese Art Collection: Hundred Flowers Blooming – Edo Paintings Across the Sea," presents over a hundred works, including Edo‑era paintings and ukiyo‑e, and features a remarkable reunion of a pair of folding screens after about 150 years. The show highlights the collectors who shaped the collection during the late‑19th‑century Japonisme craze, as well as recent discoveries such as a copy of a Horyu‑ji temple wall painting found by Crown Princess Akiko Misasuki, offering visitors a glimpse into the breadth of the British Museum’s Japanese holdings.
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