Tag: Japanese art
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Nation & World
Reunited with a ‘transcendent’ figure
“I see him as an ambassador to the world,” Harvard alumnus Walter C. Sedgwick says about the “Prince Shōtoku” sculpture he donated to Harvard Art Museums. A recent visit to the museum stirred memories of visiting the sculpture every summer at his grandparents’ home.
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Nation & World
Curating a classic ‘Genji’ exhibit at the Met
Harvard’s Melissa McCormick takes “The Tale of the Genji,” one of the world’s first novels, from classroom to gallery.