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Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art

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Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art

I recently went to the Pan Pacific museum, and visited the Frank and Toshie Mosher Gallery of Japanese Art, curated by Kendall Brown, PhD. This exhibit highlights objects donated in 2008 from half-a-dozen collectors. The exhibition includes works of the Edo, Meiji and modern periods, showing paintings in the folding screen, hanging scroll and album formats. It also has woodblock prints, textiles, photographs and ceramics. I thought the largest and most dramatic was an 18th c. screen painting of Pheasants in Spring in Autumn. This piece was created on gold leaf by a member of the Kano school. Other important Edo period paintings not only provide excellent examples of work in the Shijo, Nanga and Ukiyo-e styles but also nearly complete the Museum’s acquisition of the famous Harari collection originally assembled in London in the 1960s. Woodblock prints by Yoshida Hiroshi and Ito Shinsui are excellent early examples of the Shin-hanga movement in modern prints. Most recent, and arguably most beautiful are a kimono and obi sash made in the post-war period from a collection of three dozen exquisite modern textiles produced from the 1950s through the 1970s. These fabrics and clothing were the highlight of my recent visit. I am anxious next to explore more of the museum.