Curator Tour of the National Museum of Asian Art Exhibition

This program is in-person and members-only

Please join us for an in-person tour of the National Museum of Asian Art (formerly known as the Freer|Sackler) exhibition Underdogs and Antiheroes: Japanese Prints from the Moskowitz Collection with Kit Brooks, Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art and Frank Feltens, Associate Curator of Japanese Art. The event will take place on Friday, January 13, 11:00am.

Although traditional Japanese woodblock prints are often associated with depictions of languid women and tranquil landscapes, the genre contains many other subjects that are less often explored. Drawn entirely from the collection of Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz, recently gifted to the National Museum of Asian Art, the exhibition Underdogs and Antiheroes focuses on the captivating stories and urban legends of individuals living on the fringes of society in early modern Japan. Key subjects in theater, literature, and visual arts reveal antiheroes and underdogs whose virtues are often embodied by their rejection of societal norms, making them misfits and moral exemplars at the same time. Now in its second rotation, the variety of artists represented allows visitors to see how the same core stories have been reinterpreted over time, from the eighteenth century until today. You can learn more about the exhibition here.

Due to the intimate scale of the exhibition, the program will be limited to a maximum of 15 participants. Please use the button below to register. You may register up to two people. As always, please RSVP as soon as you are able as programs fill up quickly.

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