How one collector transformed the Metropolitan Museum's Japanese art collection
In short: This lecture explores the legacy of Harry G. C. Packard, whose massive 1975 acquisition turned the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a premier Western institution for Japanese art, spanning from the Neolithic period to the nineteenth century.
In 1975, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired over four hundred Japanese works through gifts and purchases from Harry G. C. Packard (1914–1991). This influx of art provided the museum with encyclopedic holdings, including archaeological artifacts and Buddhist iconographic scrolls.
The collection's breadth includes ceramics, screen paintings from the Momoyama and Edo periods, and sculptures from the Heian and Kamakura periods. Notable pieces include Kano Sansetsu's sliding-door panels, 'Old Plum', and the recently acquired 'One Hundred Boys' by Kano Einō.
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