Permanet Collection

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Our permanent collection has items

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over 5000 years old

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a fine collection of Japanese Paintings and Drawings. Drawn from the Harari Collection,

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it includes 225 rare works by Hiroshige, Hokusai, Utamaro, and other artists of Edo and Meiji periods.

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The Japanese Edo-period

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1603-1868

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The Japanese Meiji-period

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1868-1912

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The museum purchased an important collection of over 200 Japanese folk paintings called

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Otsu-e, which, when added to the exiting Otsu-e in the collection, make it one of the largest collection outside Japan

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The museum collection holds more than 800 examples of Japanese, Chinese and “Orientalist” Graphic Art, including

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Japanese Edo-period woodblock prints and modern Sosaku and Shin Hanga prints.

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Of particular note in the print collection are

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a complete set of 166 woodblock prints created in Japan by 20th century French artist Paul Jacoulet and a full set of 80 Marilyn Korn prints.

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The museum also holds 75 posters by Japan’s foremost graphic designer,

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Tanaka Ikko

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In 1998, the print collection was augmented by major gifts of

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over 150 Edo and Meiji period prints, and 40 late 20-century Japanese prints.

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the museum’s large collection of East Asian ceramics exceeds 1,000 pieces, including

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over 600 Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic era through the Qing dynasty.

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The Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties are strongly represented, as are

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Imperial porcelains from the Qing dynasty.

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Also significant are

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350 Southern Asian ceramics from the Margot and Hans Ries Collection;

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The Margot and Hans Rise Collection

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approximately 40 Vietnamese ceremony ware, folk ceramics, and satsuma and kutani wares.

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The museum’s Jade Collection includes

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150 Chinese works from the Neolithic period through the Qing dynasty,

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The Jade Collection including a pair of jade earrings of extraordinary quality,

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believed to have been owned by china’s last Dowager Empress, Ci Xi .

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The central holdings of the Costumes and Textiles collection are

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2,000 Chinese textiles from Ming and Qing dynasties.

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The museum has a fine collection of

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Japanese paintings and drawings.

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Drawn from the Harari Collection, it includes 225 rare works by

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Hiroshige,
Hokusai,
Utamaro,
and other artists of the 
Edo (1603-1868) 
and 
Meiji (1868-1912)