Moonlight and Clouds, Silver and Gold in the arts of Japan.
Freer Gallery of Art,
Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 707
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Hours and Admission
Hours are from 10 AM to 5:30 PM
Admission is free.
Until November 8, 2009 (Closed May 11-22, 2009 for rotation of light-sensitive works.)
Beginning in the seventeenth century, Japanese artists developed a distinctive repertoire of techniques for applying gold and silver to objects made of diverse materials ranging from lacquer, metal, and wood for decorated objects to paper and silk for calligraphy and painting. Gold and silver played a prominent and integral role in the technical and aesthetic history of Japanese painting, calligraphy, lacquer, metalwork.
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