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Get a new perspective on our collections with the Sketch & Discover tour!Join us every first Sunday of the month to sket...
10/30/2023

Get a new perspective on our collections with the Sketch & Discover tour!

Join us every first Sunday of the month to sketch the unique expressions of Asian artists from various traditions yourself: https://s.si.edu/3PXVUYf

10/28/2023
Take a "Sneak Peek" into our collections.Join us as we present personal perspectives and ongoing research, followed by l...
10/27/2023

Take a "Sneak Peek" into our collections.

Join us as we present personal perspectives and ongoing research, followed by lively discussions on works of art such as this: https://s.si.edu/3t3uc4w

In case you missed it, our Lunder Curator of American Art Diana Greenwold moderated a panel to discuss artist James McNe...
10/26/2023

In case you missed it, our Lunder Curator of American Art Diana Greenwold moderated a panel to discuss artist James McNeill Whistler’s urban imagery in the context of Washington DC and Waterville, Maine, the two cities hosting the exhibition "Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change."

Watch the full program here. Presented with The Colby College Museum of Art. https://s.si.edu/3s5trrw

The Colby College Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Asian Art present Whistler’s Cities, Our Cities. This program considers ...

Join us November 8 for “Monthly Matinees: Japanese Classics.”Watch “Zatoichi on the Road,” where the famed blind swordsm...
10/25/2023

Join us November 8 for “Monthly Matinees: Japanese Classics.”

Watch “Zatoichi on the Road,” where the famed blind swordsman catapults himself between two warring yakuza clans as he tries to es**rt a young woman back to her family in Edo.

Get free passes here: https://s.si.edu/3s4mCq4



Photo courtesy of Janus Films

The Freer Medal is a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the u...
10/24/2023

The Freer Medal is a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career.

This Friday, the honor will go to Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department, who will be honored for her lifetime work in the arts of the Islamic world.

Tickets are still available! Please register here, and join us October 27th at 6pm for a lecture, award ceremony and reception: https://s.si.edu/3EvO2rF



Image courtesy of Gülru Necipoğlu

Discover our collections in a deeper, more meaningful way, with our free tours!This weekend, join us for family-friendly...
10/23/2023

Discover our collections in a deeper, more meaningful way, with our free tours!

This weekend, join us for family-friendly stories, scavenger hunts, sketching, and more: https://s.si.edu/3pBhyb9

Peasant uprising.Featured in upcoming exhibition, “Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints,”...
10/20/2023

Peasant uprising.

Featured in upcoming exhibition, “Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints,” which examines noh and kabuki theater traditions, the play in these images is based on a real man named Sakura Sōgo." After his lord taxed his village into starvation, Sōgo went directly to the sh**un to beg for help, knowing he would be executed for his insubordination. His ghost returned to torment the wicked lord as revenge for his own death and those of his wife and children, who were also executed as punishment.

As this was a politically sensitive story, the characters’ names were changed for the theatrical version to avoid government censorship. The name of the real Lord Hotta Masanobu (1631–1680) was changed to “Lord Horikoshi” or “Orikoshi,” and Sakura Sōgo was changed to “Asakura Tōgo.” However, the references were still quite obvious, so some publishers were also careful in how they marketed these prints.

The print published by Enshūya Hikobei (in image 2) is marked with an oval seal reading sh*ta-uri, or “under sale,” which suggests it was sold discreetly and was not prominently advertised.

To learn more about this work and other spooky prints in the collection, please visit Gallery 25 when “Staging the Supernatural” opens November 2023. https://s.si.edu/3Q1RAqS

Part of our collection.

Images: Ichikawa Kodanji IV as the Ghost (Rei) of Kozakura Tōgo and as the Tea Server (Chadō) Inba, Actually the Ghost of Tōgo (R), Bandō Hikosaburō IV as Orikoshi Tairyō, Iwai Kumesaburō III as the Secret Mistress (Myō) Katsuragi, and Ichikawa Kodanji IV as Koshimoto Sakuragi, Actually the Ghost of Tōgo (L), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861), Publisher: Kazusaya Iwazō (ca. 1842–1855), Japan, Edo period, 1851, 7th month, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, S2021.5.553a–b

Scene from the play "Higashiyama sakura no sōshi," at the Nakamura Theater, Edo, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798–1861), Publisher: Enshūya Hikobei (act. 1847–1852), Japan, Edo period, 1851, 8th month, Woodblock print; ink and color on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, S2021.5.585a–b

Meet Seoul-based director Park Chan-kyong October 22nd, who will screen and discuss his short film "Night Fishing":A fis...
10/18/2023

Meet Seoul-based director Park Chan-kyong October 22nd, who will screen and discuss his short film "Night Fishing":

A fisherman feels a tug on his line, and much to his surprise, pulls a woman (K-pop star Lee Jung-hyun) out of the water who's revealed to be a shaman priestess.

Shot on an iPhone, this surreal short was co-directed with his brother Park Chan-wook, and won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.

Get free passes here: https://s.si.edu/3sZNaJt

His exhibition, "Park Chan-kyong: Gathering," now on view: https://s.si.edu/3LuBIMa

Take a closer look at the tools and materials used in   formats!Join us Thursday in Gallery 13 as Chinese painting conse...
10/17/2023

Take a closer look at the tools and materials used in formats!

Join us Thursday in Gallery 13 as Chinese painting conservator Grace Jan leads a lively discussion. Part of our monthly talks. Free and open to the public: https://s.si.edu/4863wjw

"'Bats often appear in Chinese art in the color red, which is associated with vitality,' says Jan Stuart, curator of Chi...
10/16/2023

"'Bats often appear in Chinese art in the color red, which is associated with vitality,' says Jan Stuart, curator of Chinese art at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.

'In longstanding traditional lore in China, immortal beings are said to live in caves and so do bats, so the two became closely associated.'"— Well+Good

Spiritually, bats symbolize transformation and mystery. And seeing a bat is an invitation to uncover something hiding beneath the surface of your life.

10/13/2023

It's the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest Japanese horror films ever made.

Join us night, October 31st at 7 p.m. for "Ringu" ("The Ring"), digitally restored in 4K terrifying glory.

Come in costume and enjoy free giveaways, candy and more. Get free passes here: https://s.si.edu/3EbFkPi

We hope you were able to join us!
10/11/2023

We hope you were able to join us!

10/11/2023

Ellison S. Onizuka was the first Asian American in space and the first person of Asian-Pacific heritage to be selected into the astronaut corps.

Before joining NASA, Onizuka was a Colonel with a distinguished career in the United States Air Force, where he served as a flight test engineer and test pilot. Onizuka’s time at Hawaiian public schools helped steer him towards a career as an astronaut.

He died serving as a mission specialist in the Challenger launch accident in 1986 before reaching space a second time.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/ellison-onizuka-first-asian-american-space/ (Photo Courtesy of NASA)

Did we see you for Chuseok this past weekend? What did you enjoy?
10/10/2023

Did we see you for Chuseok this past weekend? What did you enjoy?

What is the real-world impact of provenance research?Join us to learn how researchers in Cambodia continue to conduct re...
10/06/2023

What is the real-world impact of provenance research?

Join us to learn how researchers in Cambodia continue to conduct research, tracking down antiquities that rightfully belong in their nation.

Our director Chase Robinson will moderate this important conversation on protecting Cambodian cultural heritage November 4th. Free and open to the public.

Register here: https://s.si.edu/4697BlS

10/05/2023

The sounds of formal rituals reveal how people practice their religious traditions. Here Buddhist monks chant during a worship service at the Wat Buddha Samakidham Temple in Columbus, OH. Explore vibrant soundscapes in our free poster exhibition "Sounds of Religion:" https://s.si.edu/3kwuZXr

explores how rituals and gatherings of religious communities create a complex soundtrack of religions in America that teaches us how people behave, how they’re different, and how they’re alike. Through QR codes, viewers are invited to listen to eight contemporary recordings that serve as an audio portrait of the rich and dynamic differences that make religious life in the U.S. unique.

Thank you to Washingtonian, which says, "As part of its centennial celebrations, the NMAA is dedicating new exhibit spac...
10/05/2023

Thank you to Washingtonian, which says, "As part of its centennial celebrations, the NMAA is dedicating new exhibit space to modern and contemporary work.

Seoul artist Park Chan-kyong inaugurates it with pieces such as a multi-channel video that employs state-of-the-art technology in the form of a massive scroll painting."

Don't miss "Park Chan-kyong: Gathering," opening Saturday, October 7th.

Taylor Lorenz book talk, Jessie Ware concert, and NMWA re-opening

10/04/2023

If you can't make it to the museum, you can still journey to the Republican-era of "Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings " from anywhere in the world, with a 360° immersive video experience of Academia Sinica’s excavations of Anyang, site of the 3,000-year-old capital of the Shang dynasty!

Follow archaeologists as their search for Shang oracle bones leads them to sensational discoveries that transformed our understanding of the origins of Chinese civilization: https://s.si.edu/3ri0vw3

10/04/2023
10/03/2023

Happy Release Day to No-No Boy. 🕊️ His third album, Empire Electric, is a sweeping musical journey through narratives of imperialism, identity, and spirituality, made vibrant and profound through a rich congregation of instrumental, environmental, and electronically manipulated sounds from Asia and America.

“Empire Electric is a wandering; a letting go. A search party. For sounds, for history, and for self. It is a coming back,” No-No Boy shares. “If you find this music to your liking, I invite you to settle in with good headphones or a stereo and listen closely to all the sounds present, to unravel them, to take time, to breathe, and hopefully to listen beyond even the music, to yourself, to the world around you, to history, to your community, to nature.”

Available now on CD, LP, and digital. Stream + order your copy here: orcd.co/no-no-boy-empire-electric

Cover art by Emilia Halvorsen Saporiti

Join a global community of Asian art provenance researchers November 1-4 to explore the complexities of the translocatio...
10/02/2023

Join a global community of Asian art provenance researchers November 1-4 to explore the complexities of the translocation of Asian Art and how best to research, share, and debate these histories.

Co-hosted by Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz's Museum of Asian Art and Central Archives. https://s.si.edu/48zZ6BH

On view in our upcoming exhibition Park Chan-kyong: Gathering, “Belated Bosal” is a single-channel video based on storie...
10/02/2023

On view in our upcoming exhibition Park Chan-kyong: Gathering, “Belated Bosal” is a single-channel video based on stories of the death of the Buddha and woven together with observations of our nuclear age.

These three stills from the video offer glimpses of two women trekking through the mountains: the first one in search of a shipping container, the others measuring radiation.

Inverted black and white imagery transforms the landscape into an otherworldly (or perhaps highly contaminated) place, mostly silent but for the sound of breathing and the occasional, ominous beep of a Geiger counter. Parallel narratives merge at the shipping container, where characters gather to mourn.

Seoul-based artist Park Chan-kyong has reinterpreted this familiar scene from the story of the Buddha’s life, expanding it vividly in time and space to reflect on the persistence of tradition in the face of a profoundly unsettling future.

See the work in person, when Park Chan-kyong: Gathering opens October 7, 2023. https://s.si.edu/3LuBIMa

Images: Stills from “Belated Bosal,” Park Chan-kyong, 2019, HD film, black and white, 5.1 channel sound (55 min), Courtesy of the artist and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, ELS2023.8.1

09/29/2023

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Here's a preview of next weekend's   festival!A charye table like this one, created in partnership with Onjium, is used ...
09/29/2023

Here's a preview of next weekend's festival!

A charye table like this one, created in partnership with Onjium, is used to display a traditional feast to honor and offer to family ancestors. Come be the first to see it through October 1st in our ImaginAsia studio.

Then make plans to visit for Chuseok October 7th: https://s.si.edu/45Qd2W9

Take a "Sneak Peek" into our collections.Join us as we present personal perspectives and ongoing research, followed by l...
09/29/2023

Take a "Sneak Peek" into our collections.

Join us as we present personal perspectives and ongoing research, followed by lively discussions on works of art such as this: https://s.si.edu/3t3uc4w

Image: Krishna as Sri Nath-ji, Nathdwara, Rajasthan state, Mewar, India, 20th century, opaque watercolor on cotton on stretcher, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Gift of Karl B. Mann, S1992.17

Cosponsored by NMAA and the Colby College Museum of Art, don't miss the opportunity Friday, September 29th to consider a...
09/27/2023

Cosponsored by NMAA and the Colby College Museum of Art, don't miss the opportunity Friday, September 29th to consider artist James McNeill Whistler’s urban imagery in the context of Washington D.C. and Waterville, Maine, the two cities hosting the exhibition "Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change": https://s.si.edu/3Z5hOgt

What parallels exist between the European metropoles Whistler pictured in the late nineteenth century and these places today? What lessons from Whistler’s time can we take to build inclusive and sustainable cities?

Register for the webinar here: https://s.si.edu/45RxPZm

Image: Flower Market: Dieppe, James McNeill Whistler, 1888, Watercolor on paper, 5 1/16 x 8 ¼ in (12.8 x 21 cm), National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1907.171a-b

Join us Sunday, October 1st for the Sufi Music Festival–a Mawlid celebration!Bring the entire family for this important ...
09/25/2023

Join us Sunday, October 1st for the Sufi Music Festival–a Mawlid celebration!

Bring the entire family for this important Islamic holiday, and enjoy Indian, Moroccan, and American Sufi music, food, special programs, and more.

Seating is limited. Register for free here: https://s.si.edu/3L1URoD

Co-presented by the Reed Society for Sacred Arts.

Images:
[1] Bilal Chishty and The National Sufi Ensemble, photo courtesy of Harpreet Kaur
[2] Listening While Muslim
[3] Aisha Grey Henry and Demi
[4] Burdah Ensemble

Join us this weekend!
09/22/2023

Join us this weekend!

At the 2018 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Vahagn Hambardzumyan introduced visitors of all ages to Armenian ceramic arts—traditions that nearly faded away due to rapid industrialization and urbanization in the Soviet era.

This month, Hambardzumyan returns to Washington, D.C., as our next artisan in residence at the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art. Next week, he presents multiple free, public programs at the museum:

Friday, September 22, 1–2:30 p.m.
Demonstration: Pottery Techniques
Register: s.si.edu/PotteryDemo

Saturday, September 23, 1–2:30 p.m.
Talk: Pottery and Ornaments
More information: s.si.edu/PotteryTalk

Sunday, September 24, 1–3 p.m.
Workshop: Armenian Pottery
Register: s.si.edu/PotteryWorkshop

09/22/2023

He often said that every human being shares a similar mission: helping to create world peace.

Charles Lang Freer died on September 25, 1919, and was buried in Kingston, New York.Images from his memorial service hel...
09/22/2023

Charles Lang Freer died on September 25, 1919, and was buried in Kingston, New York.

Images from his memorial service held at Koetsu-ji Temple in Kyoto in 1930 include a monument to Freer, with an inscription celebrating his friendship and promotion of Asian art. It was dedicated with ceremonial offerings of tea and champagne, and speeches by Japanese and American officials. His photograph was placed in a tearoom at the temple.

To commemorate our centennial, we refreshed the gateway to the Charles Lang Freer Papers, a treasure trove of personal letters, diaries, inventories and purchase vouchers, including one of his last letters to Agnes Meyer, as seen here, which give an inside look into his life, collecting, and thought process, preserved in our Archives.

Explore the new online content, including three newly-digitized key series with transcriptions, plus four new essays including an introduction by our director, Chase Robinson. https://s.si.edu/3rjs4oQ

In honor of our centennial year, join us this Sunday, September 24th for a multimedia performance inspired by the life o...
09/19/2023

In honor of our centennial year, join us this Sunday, September 24th for a multimedia performance inspired by the life of Lafcadio Hearn (1850–1904)! Part chamber music, part media art, part film and theater, this shape-shifting work owns as many haunting identities as its host-muse, Lafcadio Hearn.

Hearn’s great-great-grand niece, Jean Laurenz, and multimedia sound artist Maria Finkelmeier will explore the turbulent undertones and uncanny narratives of his celebrated nineteenth-century Japanese stories.

Come create your own sensory entrance into life’s deepest questions, questions whose fibers weave into every ghost story, spiritual mantra, and subliminal experience.

Get free tickets here! https://s.si.edu/3ssIPOm

The Freer Medal is a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the u...
09/18/2023

The Freer Medal is a lifetime achievement award that honors individuals who have made substantial contributions to the understanding of the arts of Asia throughout their career.

This fall, the honor will go to Gülru Necipoğlu, the Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University’s History of Art and Architecture Department, who will be honored for her lifetime work in the arts of the Islamic world.

The lecture and award ceremony will be held in the Meyer Auditorium. A reception in the Freer courtyard will follow. Please register here, and join us October 27th at 6pm: https://s.si.edu/3EvO2rF



Image courtesy of Gülru Necipoğlu

Take a look at this inscription on the bottom of an ancient Chinese wine container from our collections featured on the ...
09/18/2023

Take a look at this inscription on the bottom of an ancient Chinese wine container from our collections featured on the cover of this month's edition of Orientations Magazine.

Learn more about this object and others like it in our exhibition "Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings." https://s.si.edu/44S6jtP

Sharing important stories like this one for  :
09/16/2023

Sharing important stories like this one for :

Ralph Lazo was a Mexican American teenager who was voluntarily sent to a concentration camp in solidarity with his Japanese American friends.

Ralph was born in Los Angeles in 1924. When his Japanese American friends were being rounded up and sent to concentration camps during WWII, he knew that what was happening to them was wrong and that their incarceration was unconstitutional. He decided to give up his freedom and go with them.

"Passing" as Japanese American, Ralph was incarcerated at Manzanar when he was seventeen and stayed there until he was drafted in 1944. He remained a loyal friend and supporter of his Japanese American peers until his death in 1992. When asked, "Why did you go to camp? You didn't have to go," he would reply, simply, "None of us should have had to go."

📷: Photo of Ralph with his friends, Shibu and Rabbit, taken at Manzanar concentration camp. Japanese American National Museum, Gift of Bruce and Frances Kaji, 2008.81.3

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ICYMI, we were honored as a finalist in Washington City Paper's   "Best Museum on the Mall" category.Thanks to everyone ...
09/15/2023

ICYMI, we were honored as a finalist in Washington City Paper's "Best Museum on the Mall" category.

Thanks to everyone who voted, and to each of you for contributing to the community that makes our museum one of the best! https://s.si.edu/3PcRKeJ

We want to recognize the efforts of colleagues at The Victoria and Albert Museum, who yesterday announced a partnership ...
09/14/2023

We want to recognize the efforts of colleagues at The Victoria and Albert Museum, who yesterday announced a partnership with the Republic of Yemen Government to care for looted ancient Yemen objects found in the UK. We were pleased to cooperate in this V&A initiative.

We've been working closely with Yemen Embassy D.C this year, and look forward to showcasing a selected number of the ancient Yemen repatriated objects in our care with a display opening Jan 13, 2024: https://s.si.edu/3sKsTHs

Cosponsored by NMAA and the Colby College Museum of Art, don't miss the opportunity to consider artist James McNeill Whi...
09/12/2023

Cosponsored by NMAA and the Colby College Museum of Art, don't miss the opportunity to consider artist James McNeill Whistler’s urban imagery in the context of Washington D.C. and Waterville, Maine, the two cities hosting the exhibition "Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change": https://s.si.edu/3Z5hOgt

What parallels exist between the European metropoles Whistler pictured in the late nineteenth century and these places today? What lessons from Whistler’s time can we take to build inclusive and sustainable cities?

Register for the webinar here: https://s.si.edu/45RxPZm

Image: Flower Market: Dieppe, James McNeill Whistler, 1888, Watercolor on paper, 5 1/16 x 8 ¼ in (12.8 x 21 cm), National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Collection, Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1907.171a-b

The cat pictured here was once Ay-Ō's pet, a Russian Blue named "Jirō." Despite the bright and implausible colors, Ay-Ō ...
09/08/2023

The cat pictured here was once Ay-Ō's pet, a Russian Blue named "Jirō." Despite the bright and implausible colors, Ay-Ō has perfectly captured the familiar look of a yawning cat, making the image remarkably lifelike.

Ay-Ō's artwork pops with rainbow colors for many viewers—but everyone sees the world differently. About 4.5 percent of the world’s population experiences a form of color blindness, or color vision deficiency (CVD). Exploring how someone else sees an artwork can open us up to new perspectives and interpretations.

According to Zeki Mokhtarzada, who experiences CVD, "I was asked what colors I saw in this picture and I said, 'Of course, it's a rainbow.' I might not see all the colors someone else sees, but I can still recognize a rainbow when I see it. Once you see a rainbow, all the cultural associations come in—a pot of gold, a waterfall on a remote island, the psychedelic aesthetic of the '70s—all of that is invoked regardless of how you 'see' the original subject."

To simulate different forms of CVD, we created graphics—swipe to view—on display in the gallery. You can visit Ay-Ō's Happy Rainbow Hell in person one last time before it closes this Sunday, September 10 , 2023. https://s.si.edu/42Ie59c

Image: “Yawn,” Ay-Ō (b. 1931), Japan, 1978, silkscreen; ink on paper / National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Arthur M. Sackler Collection, The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, S2021.5.18, ©Ay-Ō

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We're thrilled to announce a visionary gift that will support five paid graduate student annually over 5 years to prepare for various museum professions. The inaugural Cheng-Harrell Graduate Intern cohort will join our community later this year. https://s.si.edu/3IkUt0I

The National Museum of Asian Art will be open Thursdays-Sundays, 10 am-5:30 pm. We will be closed on Tuesday, January 18.
We are always open online at http://asia.si.edu.

https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/smithsonian-announces-modified-schedule-museums-and-national-zoo-starting-tuesday
If you're planning to visit us this weekend, you'll be one of the first to see "Falcons: Art of the Hunt"! A selection of paintings and objects from ancient Egypt to China offers a glimpse into the fascinating world of falcons.
Learn a bit more and safely plan your visit: https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/falcons-art-of-the-hunt/

Our story as your National Museum of Asian Art began nearly a century ago. Starting today, you’ll find us at . Join us as we continue to celebrate the art, cultures, and experiences that shape who we are.
This weekend is your last opportunity to experience "Hokusai: Mad about Painting" in person! The exhibition closes Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022.

Safely plan an in-person visit: asia.si.edu/visit.

Explore online anytime at asia.si.edu/hokusai.
By popular demand, our long-running exhibition "Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice across Asia" has been extended! Enjoy this groundbreaking show of from our collections, in-person or online through February 6, 2022. https://asia.si.edu/exhibition/encountering-the-buddha-art-and-practice-across-asia/
The National Museum of Asian Art is scheduled to be open again on Saturday, Jan. 8. Visit us online anytime at asia.si.edu

Check the status of our fellow museums at si.edu/visit/hours
Due to yesterday's snow, Smithsonian museums in the D.C. area will delay opening by 3 hours today, Jan. 4.
We're revisiting a weather and -appropriate installment of on this snowy day!

Watch and listen as Japan Foundation Assistant Curator Kit Brooks shares why they love this screen in our collection & offers insights on its layers of symbolism.
Due to inclement weather, all Smithsonian museums in the D.C. area are closed today, Jan. 3.
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