Society Members Get Special Viewing of Hokusai Exhibit

Japan-America Society members had not one but two special opportunities to join a special private viewing of the Hokusai Exhibit at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.

Almost 300 members and friends joined us on the evenings of April 21 and May 4 for a private tour of the exhibit and an introductory lecture by Ann Yonemura, the Senior Curator for Japanese art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries.

The Hokusai exhibition is the greatest collection of the artist's work since 1893 -- and it also has been the greatest and most popular exhibit in the history of the Sackler and Freer Galleries. By the time it closes on May 14, it is expected to have drawn over 200,000 visitors!