06/28/24 - 12/29/24
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The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Japanese Art Galleries | Galleries 235 A
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The relationship of people to animals is ever evolving as we continue to learn more about the other life-forms with which we share our planet. Each culture offers unique perspectives on our connection to animals. The history of representing the finned, furry, and feathered residents of the worlds of sea, land, and sky in Japan began with clay figurines of mammals—wild boars, for example—made around 2,500 to 900 years before the common era. These days, they include robotic animals made of metal, plastic, and synthetic fibers, such as dogs and seals. In the future, we may look upon them as art too. This installation features images of animals made in Japan for a variety of purposes over the past 1,500 years and explores the often overlapping decorative, functional, and symbolic roles they have served.
Birds and Flowers (花鳥図屏風) (detail), late 1500s. Kano Mitsunobu (狩野光信) (Japanese, 1565–1608) and Kano Shōei (狩野松栄) (Japanese, 1519–1592). Momoyama period (1573–1615). One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper; image: 155.9 x 339.4 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of William G. Mather, 1948.128.1
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