Fusuma paintings that crossed the sea: a miraculous reunion
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A miraculous reunion in Tokyo after 150 years brings together UK, Japanese, and US fusuma paintings; the program explores their 400‑year history and mysteries.Summary
The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum hosts a British Museum exhibition of Japanese art, highlighting a set of fusuma paintings originally from Tatsuta Jinja in Nara, created about 400 years ago by Kano school artists. These paintings, separated among the UK, Japan, and the US for roughly 150 years, have been miraculously reunited in Tokyo. The program investigates why they were made, who the artist was, their strange fate, and the mysteries surrounding them, featuring experts such as Kano researcher Yamanita Zen'ya, British Museum curator Logana Backland, and Professor Amano Tadaharu, with voice actress Tanasaki Atsumi as narrator.
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