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Get a closer look at this #WoodblockPrint by Kawase Hasui in our #JapaneseArt collection. https://asia.si.edu/object/S2003.8.602/ đ
The Freer Gallery of Art is⯠now âŻopen to the public with limited capacity. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery remains closed until November for exhibition construction. Learn more.
đ We're wishing a happy #MoonFestival to our friends celebrating today around the world! We hope you're enjoying time with loved ones & feasting on tasty mooncakes đ„ź. This lacquer box in our #ChineseArt collection likely held the rich sweet or savory pastries: https://asia.si.edu/object/F1968.76a-b/
You can learn the story of Chang'e, the female immortal who resides in the Moon Palace with our #EducatorResource, "Teaching China with the Smithsonian"! Watch a video courtesy of
Smithsonian Folklife here: https://asia.si.edu/learn/for-educators/teaching-china-with-the-smithsonian/videos/moon-festival/
To soundtrack your celebration, we've recently added a performance from 2000 to our #Podcasts all about reflections on autumn, the moon, and more! Listen to "Chinese Music of the Seasons: Bing Xia, zheng" while you celebrate today: https://asia.si.edu/podcast/chinese-music-of-the-seasons-bing-xia-zheng/
The box depicts a scene of the Moon Palace and its denizens gathered together for a festive occasion. Three main characters include the female immortal Chang'e, who stands at the top of the palace stairs with entertainers gathered around her in the courtyard. Nearby are two other well-known inhabita...
In response to the September 11 tragedies, the Dalai Lama called on Tibetan Buddhists around the globe to offer healing through meditation, prayer ceremonies, and the sacred healing arts. In January of 2002, twenty Tibetan Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery answered that call here at our museum in Washington, DC.
According to Buddhist scripture, sand mandalas (sacred paintings) transmit positive energies to the environment and to the people who view them. Over two weeks, working in shifts, the monks constructed a seven-foot-square mandala, one of the largest ever created in the West at the time, for the healing and protection of America. Once the mandala was completed, the monks swept up the sand, an act symbolizing the impermanence of existence.
Healing is a process in which art can play a powerful part. During the mandala's creation, visitors were welcome to observe and share their stories in our community journals. Visitors also joined the monks in a procession to the Tidal Basin to pour out the sand. Pouring the sand into the Potomac River dispersed the healing energies of the mandala throughout the world, which we hope can still be felt today.
Photos and a time-lapse of the mandala being created, excerpts from the community journals, and information about how mandalas are used for healing are available here: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/tibetan-healing-mandala/
#September11
In response to the September 11 tragedies, twenty Buddhist monks from the Drepung Loseling Monastery constructed a sand mandala (sacred painting) at the Sackler gallery. This seven-foot-square mandala, one of the largest ever created in the West, was offered for the healing and protection of America...
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to our friends celebrating in India and Hindu communities around the world! đ đ In honor of the festival this year, letâs take a closer look at a stone sculpture of the beloved elephant-headed god in our collections with help from one of our docents. Sushmita compares how she sees the object in the museum and how she and other people have experienced similar objects of significance in Hindu culture over the centuries until today.
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âIt is incredible how much I have learned about Ganesha in my 22 years of study and experience giving tours as a docent here at the museum. When I told my mom, who lives in Mumbai, about making this video, we were both surprised. Turns out she sings the Marathi âbhajanâ (devotional song) I share in the video at her home shrine where Ganesha has always shared space with other deities, and I had no idea! And she didnât know how the tradition of the present-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebration had started so that was new to her. It was a wonderful way we connected and both learned something new about this beloved deity! When I lived in Mumbai we always visited various celebrations happening all over the cityâthe festival is a joyous time."âSushmita Mazumdar
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Learn more about this artwork in our #SouthAsianAndHimalayanArt collection on the museumâs website: https://asia.si.edu/object/S1987.960/
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#Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #IndianArt #HinduArt #Ganesha #GaneshChaturthi #HinduFestivals #Sculpture #Elephant #Vinayaka #ObjectsWeLove
Today, the people of Japan are celebrating Kiku no Sekku, #NationalChrysanthemumDay! One of the country's most sacred festivals, it's also known as the Double Ninth Festival because it falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the year.
We're marking the day with a look at the #UnseenArtHistory behind a series of paintings, including one that features chrysanthemum flowers, in our #JapaneseArt collection. Read the #Blog here:
https://asia.si.edu/unseen-art-history-september-chrysanthemum/
#Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #ArtHistory #Provenance #Chrysanthemums #FlowersOfTheTwelveMonths #WatanabeSeitei #KikuNoSekku #DoubleNinthFestival
Read on to learn about the journey of this hanging scroll from Tokyo, Japan, to Washington, DC, in the second feature of our Unseen Art History blog series, which highlights provenance stories about how objects came to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonianâs Natio...
This #WorldPhotographyDay weâre going behind the camera and into the #Archives! A cover of âAsiaticaâ from 2008 shows what a photographer would have seen on the ground glass of a Deardorff camera (an 8x10 view camera used in the 1900s) while capturing a 17th century Oribe ware ewer in our collections.
#DidYouKnow: The #FreerSackler Photo department was the first studio at the #Smithsonian to convert from film to digital, beginning in the mid-1990s. We stopped using film altogether in 1998. When this issue of âAsiaticaâ was published, we had about 100,000 digital images on our servers, and now that number is approaching 300,000! That is all thanks to the hard work and dedication of our talented photographers, past and present. Every day they document our collections, making these incredible artworks accessible for you at home. From our groundbreaking exhibitions and lively programs to beloved community celebrations, our photographers capture the moments and people at the heart of our museum. Click through to see them in their element, showing their skills behind the lens!
If you want to page through âAsiatica,â you can examine a digitized copy thanks to Smithsonian Libraries and Archives here: https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/asiatica00freeg
#Smithsonian #Photography #Photographers #MuseumPeople #MuseumPhotography #Photos #Photographs #Camera #FilmPhotography #DigitalPhotography #Asiatica
Try out art activities, word games, and more in our "Present History, a Smithsonian at-home activity guide." Discover game-changing milestones that inspire, excite, and offer moments of reflection. https://learninglab.si.edu/news/celebrating-175-years-of-history
#SmithsonianEdu #Smithsonian175 #Education
Try out art activities, word games, and more in our "Present History, a Smithsonian at-home activity guide." Discover game-changing milestones that inspire, excite, and offer moments of reflection. https://learninglab.si.edu/news/celebrating-175-years-of-history
#SmithsonianEdu #Smithsonian175 #Education
"The motif on this piece is the plant called balloon vine, which blooms in Japan in July and August. I used sketches of the actual plant as the basis for this abstracted design. The most difficult aspect of the process was finding an appropriate way of combining the design with the vessel form. The actual flowers and foliage of the balloon vine are green, but I rendered the design in shades of yellow. The yellow enamel was fired to 850 degrees C., and the entire firing process, including cooling, took about thirty-six hours. Overfiring by just ten degrees causes the enamel to run, so the timing was crucial."âMiura Katsuo, artist (Japan, born 1939)
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Jar with design of balloon vine by Miura Katsuo in our #JapaneseArt collection (https://asia.si.edu/object/S1993.34/).
#Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #JapaneseArt #Porcelain #Ceramics #Pottery #Enamel #BalloonVine #Plants #Vines #MiuraKatsuo #Japan #Ishikawa
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Thank you for helping us celebrate the Smithsonianâs milestone birthday. For 175 years, the Smithsonian has relied on support from our friends and neighbors to continue our mission. Your curiosity, enthusiasm, and generosity is what allows experts to push the boundaries of knowledge and share their discoveries with the learners everywhere. Thanks for being an important part of the Smithsonian family!
And this was just a warm upâkeep your party hats at the ready for our centennial, coming up in 2023. Stay in the know by signing up for our email newsletters: https://bit.ly/3lLAsWa
đ„ș Don't mind us, we're a bit misty-eyed paging through our baby book today as we celebrate the Smithsonian Institution's 175th birthday! đ„ł
#DidYouKnow: The Freer Gallery was the first #ArtMuseum on the #NationalMall? Almost immediately after construction began, it was halted due to the United States' entry in to World War I. The museum was eventually completed and opened in 1923, but unfortunately Charles Freer did not live to see it. We'll be celebrating our 100th birthday in 2023, so stay tuned and keep your party hats at the ready!
Dig into our photo #Archives to see more of the construction of the building: https://s.si.edu/2VN5ftG #Smithsonian175
175 years ago, the Smithsonian was just an audacious idea to make knowledge accessible to everyoneâto invite Americans to learn from the past and from each other. Hereâs a fun look at how Smithsonianâs 175-year-old mission is still going strong and pushing us forward! https://s.si.edu/3fAMlgE
Watch on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3fDQyzT
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As we welcome in the new year and commemorate the Smithsonian at 175, let's not only look back, but look ahead to what is on the horizon. In that spirit, ple...
#OnThisDay in 1948, a pair of ancestor portraits arrived in Washington, DC from Beijing, China. How did they get here and why? đ€
Find out in our new #Blog series, #UnseenArtHistory, highlighting the #Provenance stories of artworks in our collections!
Read the first installment: https://s.si.edu/3Cm3vYV
#Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #ChineseArt #ArtHistory #ArtProvenance
               Seventy-three years ago today, these paintings arrived in the United States! Learn about their journey from Beijing, China to Washington, DC, as part of our Unseen Art History series, which highlights provenance stories about how objects came to the Freer...
#ThrowbackThursday to when we reopened our doors in 2017 and celebrated with an amazing light show projected on the façade of the Freer Gallery of Art! This is one of our favorite memories of being in community with so many of you during our #Illuminasia festival!
Everyoneâs connection to the Smithsonian is uniquely theirs. Whether your favorite Smithsonian memory is taking in the glory of the Peacock Room when its shutters are open wide, seeing the latest celebrity addition in the National Portrait Gallery, admiring the sparkle of Dorothyâs red slippers at the Museum of American History, or gaping in awe during your 8th grade trip to the Museum of Natural History, we love hearing about it!
To celebrate the 175th birthday of the Smithsonian, tell us your Smithsonian story in the comments below. đ You might even discover a new #Smithsonian experience to try on your next visit!
#Smithsonian175 #FreerSackler
Have you been watching this week's #Wrestling matches at the #Olympics? đ€Œ
#DidYouKnow: Wrestling (âkoshtiâ in Persian) is one of Iranâs ancient sports and has been practiced for millennia. An early depiction appears on this seventh-century shallow silver gilt bowl from Sasanian Iran. Here, two wrestlers with a folded length of cloth wrapped around them have grasped each other at the hips. The sport is also frequently referenced in the "Shahnama" (Book of kings) and other literary works and is associated with figures, who represent kindness, humility, and moral and ethical rectitude. In Iran, wrestling is not considered aggressive or competitive but is meant to cultivate spiritual power and discipline through physical strength and training.
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Learn more about the other scenes that decorate this bowl with Antonietta Catanzariti, the Robert and Arlene Kogod Secretarial Scholar and Assistant Curator for the Ancient Near East in an installment of our #ObjectsWeLove video series: https://youtu.be/RbRJgB-A5-E
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Hemispherical bowl in our #ArtsOfTheIslamicWorld collection: https://asia.si.edu/object/S1987.105/
#Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #IranianArt #Metalwork #OlympicGames
Have you been watching this week's #Wrestling matches at the #Olympics? đ€Œ
#DidYouKnow: Wrestling (âkoshtiâ in Persian) is one of Iranâs ancient sports and has been practiced for millennia. An early depiction appears on this seventh-century shallow silver gilt bowl from Sasanian Iran. Here, two wrestlers with a folded length of cloth wrapped around them have grasped each other at the hips. The sport is also frequently referenced in the "Shahnama" (Book of kings) and other literary works and is associated with figures, who represent kindness, humility, and moral and ethical rectitude. In Iran, wrestling is not considered aggressive or competitive but is meant to cultivate spiritual power and discipline through physical strength and training.
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Learn more about the other scenes that decorate this bowl with Antonietta Catanzariti, the Robert and Arlene Kogod Secretarial Scholar and Assistant Curator for the Ancient Near East in an installment of our #ObjectsWeLove video series: https://youtu.be/RbRJgB-A5-E
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Hemispherical bowl in our #ArtsOfTheIslamicWorld collection: https://asia.si.edu/object/S1987.105/
#Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #IranianArt #Metalwork #OlympicGames
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#HappyFourthofJuly! đ Animation of "Fireworks at Ike-no-Hata" by Kobayashi Kiyochika in our #JapaneseArt collection courtesy of Smithsonian. Out & about? Please stay safe and maintain social distancing. "COVID-19! How Can I Protect Myself and Others?" guide via Smithsonian Science Education Center, available in 15 languages: https://ssec.si.edu/covid-19 Look closer at this #WoodblockPrint via #OpenFS: https://asia.si.edu/object/S2003.8.1197/
Take two minutes to learn a bit about the work of a museum exhibit specialist! âš . In this video, we go behind-the-scenes with #FreerSackler exhibit specialist, John Piper. đ . Youâll hear from John about his role in bringing our exhibitions to life as you watch him recreate a frame designed by American artist James McNeill Whistler. đŒ . Learn more about Whistler's thoughts on framing his artwork on our site: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/framing-a-masterpiece/ #Smithsonian #AmericanArt #JamesMcNeillWhistler #Frames
There are just TWO WEEKS until we celebrate the arts and culture of Korea during Found in Translation: #ArtandSeoul! Along with our friends Korean Cultural Center in Washington, DC, Nu Androids, TOKiMONSTA, #CHIKOFRC, #JEXKO, and more, we canât wait to welcome you to the #FreerSackler on Friday, November 22! Learn more about the event and grab your đ here: www.asia.si.edu/foundintranslation
What role have female writers played in the evolution of Persian literature? One of the earliest Persian poets was Rabeâeh, who lived over a thousand years ago, and since then, women have played a critical role in the formation of Persian poetry. In conjunction with the exhibition My Iran, we celebrate female perspectives with writer Azar Nafisi, poet Fatemeh Shams, and scholar and translator of Persian literature Dick Davis. Chief curator Massumeh Farhad serves as moderator. #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #FSMyIran #PersianPoetry #PersianLiterature #PersianWomen #WomenAuthors #FemalePoets #Poetry
Learn about Buddhism through dance with award-winning Cambodian choreographer Sophiline Cheam-Shapiro, along with principal dancers from her Sophiline Arts Ensemble in Phnom Penh. Watch as the ensemble performs four traditional and contemporary dances based on themes of Cambodian Buddhism, dramatizing Buddhist practices of the Noble Eightfold Path and the concepts of right blessings, conduct, speech, and mindfulness. Joining her for this performance are dancers Mot Pharan, Rin Sreyleak, Sao Phirom, and Sot Sovanndy. This performance is presented in conjunction with âEncountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asiaâ. Lead Sponsor: The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #Cambodia #CambodianDance #Buddhism #EncounteringtheBuddha #Buddha #Dance #EightfoldPath
Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination How are animals imagined and depicted in early Buddhist literature from India? Should they be seen as convenient objects for human exploitation and abuseâor as fellow travelers in the round of rebirth, worthy of human kindness and compassion? This talk focuses on the role and imagery of animals in early Buddhist literature and illuminates how Buddhist authors used animals to explore what it means to be human. Reiko Ohnuma is professor and chair in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College. Her research focuses on South Asian Buddhism, and she is the author of Head, Eyes, Flesh, and Blood: Giving Away the Body in Indian Buddhist Literature (Columbia, 2007); Ties That Bind: Maternal Imagery and Discourse in Indian Buddhism (Oxford, 2012); and Unfortunate Destiny: Animals in the Indian Buddhist Imagination (Oxford, 2017). This event is the fifth of our six-part âEncounters with Buddhismâ series (https://www.facebook.com/events/656651328172651/). #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #EncounteringtheBuddha #EncounterswithBuddhism #Buddhism #Lecture #AsianArt #ArtMuseum #Animals
Indonesian music stars Endah Laras (vocals) and Danis Sugiyanto (violin) join the American keroncong ensemble Rumput for an evening of traditional Indonesian string band music that traces its roots to the arrival of Portuguese sailors and freed slaves to the archipelago in the sixteenth century. Keroncongâs mellow, jaunty tunes feature vocals, violin, flute, guitar, cello, string bass, and the ukulele-like instruments called cak and cuk. The Rumput band toured Indonesia in 2017 and 2018. This eveningâs concert, part of âPerforming Indonesia,â is presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Indonesia. #Keroncong #IndonesiaUSA70th #Java #Music #JavaneseMusic #Indonesia #MusikKeroncong #EndahLaras #DanisSugiyanto #RumputBand #Jawa #Musik #KeroncongdiAmerika #FreerSackler #MeyerAuditorium #Ukulele #AndyMcGraw
Relics and other sacred objects have been placed inside Korean Buddhist sculptures since the Goryeo period (918â1392). This lecture addresses the secret dedication rituals that transform religious images into holy bodies ready for worship. This practice, linked to Buddhist scriptures and belief in the principle of the Five Directions, continues to the present day in Korea. Jeong Eunwoo received her MA and PhD degrees in Buddhist art history at Hongik University in Seoul. She is currently professor of archaeology and art history at Dong-A University in Busan. A member of the Cultural Heritage Committee of Korea and president of the Association of Art History, she previously served as a director of the Seokdang museum at Dong-A University and chairman of the Korean Society of Art History. She actively studies Buddhist art history and has published numerous papers as well as several books, including âA Study of Buddhist Sculptures in the late Goryeo Dynastyâ and âA Smile of Buddhist Sculptureâ (both in Korean). This event is the third of our six-part âEncounters with Buddhismâ series (https://www.facebook.com/events/656651328172651/). #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #EncounteringtheBuddha #EncounterswithBuddhism #Buddhism #Lecture #AsianArt #ArtMuseum #Science #Culture #Sculpture #ReligiousRituals #FiveDirections #KoreanArt #KoreanSculpture #GoryeoDynasty
Believed to be inherently healing and empowering, should the practice of mindfulness, or seeing experience without bias, be taught to all? By examining the translation of the Buddhist concept of sati as mindfulness, and by exploring therapeutic modalities, such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and recent neurological studies of the meditating brain, this talk shows that the concept of mindfulness is variable and difficult to characterize. It looks at how our modern concept of mindfulness is actually an implicit and culturally specific set of values that makes universal claims. Join Erik Braun as he probes the origins of recent views of mindfulness. Erik Braun is an associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. His recent publications include Buddhism, Meditation, and Science, coedited with David McMahan, and The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw, which was a cowinner of the Toshihide Numata Book Prize in Buddhism in 2014. His research focuses on Burmese Buddhism in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, PÄli literature, and globalizing forms of meditative practice. This event is the second of our six-part âEncounters with Buddhismâ series (https://www.facebook.com/events/656651328172651/). #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #EncounteringtheBuddha #EncounterswithBuddhism #Buddhism #Lecture #AsianArt #ArtMuseum #Mindfulness #Meditation #Neurology #Science #Culture
What are the many misconceptions about Buddhism, and why do we believe them? In this lecture, Donald Lopez explores these misunderstandings to show that dispelling such confusion makes Buddhism far more interesting than we might imagine. Donald S. Lopez is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. His most recent books include Seeing the Sacred in Samsara: An Illustrated Guide to the Eighty-four Mahasiddhas and the forthcoming Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side: A Guide to the Lotus Sutra (with Jackie Stone). This event is the first of our six-part âEncounters with Buddhismâ series (https://www.facebook.com/events/656651328172651/). #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #EncounteringtheBuddha #EncounterswithBuddhism #Buddhism #Lecture #AsianArt #ArtMuseum
Flutist Ravi Kulur and Spilling Ink: Ragas in Sound and Movement Watch and listen live now as Indian flutist Ravi Kulur, who tours regularly with six-time Grammy nominee Anoushka Shankar, combines Indian classical music, dance, and poetry to explore the ragas (melodic modes) represented in four seventeenth-century paintings on view in the Freer Gallery. Joining him are Bangalore-based vocalist Nandakumar Unnikrishnan and percussionist Kartik Vydhatri (on mridangam), along with dancers Vijay Palaparty and Nalini Prakash from local Indian dance company, Spilling Ink and poet Satya Palaparty. This event is made possible, in part, through a grant from the Smithsonianâs Year of Music. #Smithsonian #FreerSackler #AsianArt #SmithsonianMusic #IndianMusic #IndianClassicalMusic #Ragamala #Poetry #Flute #RaviKulur #Mridangam #Music #LiveMusic #Bharatanatyam #IndianDance #SpillingInk #Dance #WashingtonDC
Only a few days left to experience the sumptuous beauty of our exhibition, "Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912" before it closes this Sunday, June 23 at the #FreerSackler! Our final editions of Curator's Cut focus on one of the most intriguing and different artworks in the show, a trompe l'oeil painting featuring a young Qing Dynasty emperor. Learn more about this piece with co-curators Jan Stuart and Daisy Yiyou Wang, and stay tuned for the final video! #FSEmpresses
In this edition of Curator's Cut, we learn about the affection of the Qianlong emperor for Empress Xiaoxian. It's not often that history can tell us about the emotional intensity of a relationship, but we're lucky to have the evidence! Watch the full video to learn all about it and then get yourself to the #FreerSackler to see "Empresses of China's Forbidden City, 1644-1912" before it closes this Sunday, June 23! #FSEmpresses #Smithsonian #ChineseArt #ChineseHistory #QingDynasty #ForbiddenCity #QingEmpresses #China #AsianArt #ArtHistory #Scroll #Painting #Poem #Poetry #Emperor #Empress
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