Japan Society is pleased to present Kotobuki: Auspicious Celebrations of Japanese Art from New York Private Collections, an exhibition that offers an exceptional opportunity to see important but rarely displayed Japanese artworks from significant collections in the New York area. Open through May 11, Kotobuki explores auspicious imagery and celebratory subjects through inspired selections of paintings, calligraphy, surimono, textiles, ceramics, and baskets dating from the 12th to the 21st centuries, including works that are on view to the public for the first time.
The exhibition showcases works drawn exclusively from private collections, including the Fishbein-Bender Collection, the Leighton and Rosemarie Longhi Collection, the Diane and Arthur Abbey Collection, the John C. Weber Collection, the Virginia Shawan Drosten and Patrick Kenadjian Collection, the David Tausig Frank and Kazukuni Sugiyama Collection, and other private collections. By presenting artworks from prominent private collections of Japanese art in New York, Kotobuki considers the importance of collecting practices, illustrating how many masterpieces of Japanese art have historically moved from the homes of discerning private collectors to form the foundation of major institutional collections. Demonstrating this trajectory within the show is a significant pair of 16th-century six-panel folding screens from the collection of Leighton and Rosemarie Longhi, which is now a promised gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in memory of Leighton Longhi.
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