Japanese art

March 11, 2011, is a date now permanently in our memories as the day a major earthquake and tsunami devastated coastal northeastern Japan. In tribute to those affected by last year’s events, JOAN B. MIRVISS LTD will be offering for purchase, during Asia Week New York 2012, affordable ceramics from KONDO TAKAHIRO’S initial firing from his project “Inochi no utsuwa.” All proceeds will go directly to two non-profit organizations committed to supporting those in need in the Tohoku region (listed ...

Masterworks of the traditional fine arts of Japan will be on view during New York’s Asia Week in JADA 2012: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association.  Held from March 17 to March 21, 2012, JADA 2012 will present exceptional examples of screens, paintings, scrolls, prints, lacquers, fine ceramics, and tea ceremony accoutrements ranging in date from around the 1st century B.C. to the 19th century.  The unique, collaborative event brings together five of New York’s ...

Colorful dreamscapes and fantastic scenes in woodblock prints that often seem like early examples of Manga take visitors into the world of two 19th-century Japanese masters. An exhibit of 80 colorful woodblock prints by Japanese artists Kunisada (1786-1865) and Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) will be shown at Museum Kunstpalast from September 10, 2011 – January 15, 2012, under the patronage of the Japanese Consulate in Düsseldorf. The museum received a large gift of woodblock prints in the 1960s, ...

Sydney L. Moss Ltd welcomed many collectors, both established and new, to their New York exhibition of Japanese art at the Alexandre Gallery (Fuller Building) on view from 16 to 27 March 2011.  Paul Moss reported a steady flow of visitors selling several pieces a day all to US museums and collectors, except for one which was acquired by a Chinese artist exhibiting nearby.  By the close of the exhibition, 35 items had been sold, totalling over $¾ million.  He was particularly impressed by the ...

Since its opening on March 16 for Asia Week New York 2011, “Birds of Dawn: Pioneers of Japan’s Sôdeisha Ceramic Movement,” the exhibition currently on view at Joan B. Mirviss Ltd. at 39 East 78th Street, has been attracting tremendous attention from collectors, curators, the media and the public-at-large.  The show focuses on the three seminal founders of the extremely influential Sôdeisha ceramic movement: Yagi Kazuo (1918-79), Suzuki Osamu (1926-2001), and Yamada Hikaru (1923-2001). They ...

 Two newly discovered paintings by Katsushika Hokusai, creator of The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and dozens of other rare and exceptional works of art will be exhibited in JADA 2011: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association.  The exhibition will run from March 19 – March 23, 2011 at the Ukrainian Institute of America at 2 E. 79th St. in New York City.  JADA 2011 is the association’s third joint Asia Week exhibition and presents the traditional fine arts of Japan.  “Asia Week in ...

 A robust panorama of traditional Japanese fine arts will be on view at the galleries of six leading dealers this Fall, including rarely seen 12th century Kyozo, or mirrors bearing drawings of gods, imperial screens once part of the furnishings of Edo Castle, and strikingly modern works from the Taisho Period (1912-26).  The Japanese Art Dealers Association is a not-for-profit group whose members include leading New York galleries and private dealers who are dedicated to the fine arts of ...

On October 22nd, international auctioneers Bonhams will offer over 100 lots of Samurai Arms & Armor. For collectors fascinated with the storied tradition of the Samurai, this upcoming sale at Bonhams New York represents an extraordinary opportunity. Timed to coincide with the opening of the "Art of the Samurai" exhibition at New York's MET, the sale will include swords, armor, helmets, and other related objects- some dating as far back as the early 11th Century. Among the most coveted ...

Exhibition dates: June 18 – November 29, 2009Location: The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan, 2nd Floor An impressive group of Japanese mandalas—graphic depictions of the Buddhistuniverse and its myriad realms and deities—are featured in an exhibition on view atThe Metropolitan Museum of Art through November 29. Showcasing more than60 magnificent works—painting, sculpture, drawing, metalwork, stoneware, textile,and lacquer—drawn from major museums and collections in the United ...