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Hokusai: Breaking Boundaries, Making Waves

Saturday, May 13, 2006
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Auditorium
Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution
1150 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC (Metro: Smithsonian)

If you need to reach us after 3 pm Friday, May 12 with cancellations or other communication about the symposium, please leave a voicemail message at (202) 633-0422.

9:00–10:00 Check-in and coffee/tea
pre-registration required

10:00–12:30 Morning Session
Being the Universe: Hokusai and his "Mirror of Art"
Roger S. Keyes
Freeman Visiting Professor in East Asian Studies, Brown University Director, Center for the Study of Japanese Woodblock Prints

Hokusai and the Art of Poetry: Allusive Imagery to Accompany Japanese Verse
John T. Carpenter
Lecturer in Japanese Art History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Head of the London Office of the Sainsbury Institute

2:00–5:15 Afternoon Session
Seven Issues in Hokusai's Prints
Asano Shugo
Chief Curator, Chiba City Museum of Art

China and the Chinese in Hokusai's Book Illustrations
Ellis Tinios
Honorary Lecturer, School of History, University of Leeds

Panel Discussion:
Speakers from both sessions will be joined by
Timothy Clark, Head of the Japanese Section, Department of Asia, British Museum
Tazawa Hiroyoshi, Curator, Japanese Paintings, Tokyo National Museum

5:30–8:00 Private viewing of Hokusai
for symposium registrants only



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