Feb
14

“Seasons: Arts of Japan”

“Seasons: Arts of Japan”—Freer Gallery of Art, through March 4, 2012

The museum presents “Seasons,” a series of rotating exhibitions that underscores the importance of the seasons in Chinese and Japanese art and culture. This exhibit shows how the seasons permeate Japanese poetry, art and customs—from springtime cherry blossoms to autumnal scarlet maples.

Image courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art

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Posted: 14 February 2011
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Alex di Giovanni is primarily responsible for "other duties as assigned" in the Office of Communications and External Affairs. She has been with the Smithsonian since 2006 and plans to be interred in the Smithson crypt.