So my sister's visiting home during summer break from her teaching job in Japan (saying that July/August are great months to not stay there) and she brought me a small present - a Japanese wall scroll ...

Register here: https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QP6QNXRdTTOiOVgzkn8Xjw A hanging scroll is one of the most important formats for displaying paintings ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. Beauty, serenity and the idealization of nature were ...

Gesshu Soko (1618 - 1696) A Japanese Zen calligraphy, ink on paper mounted as hanging scroll, 51 x 30cm, with a Japanese box and a certificate of proof of export of the national treasure/ important ...

137 x 33.5 cm. (53.9 x 13.2 in.) ...