Thursday, July 9, 2009

This event is sold out. Learn about samurai culture and code of conduct (bushido) while enjoying an evening out at the Asian Art Museum. Melissa Rinne, Assistant Curator of Japanese Art, will present an exclusive curatorial walkthrough of the Asian Art Museum’s summer blockbuster exhibition, Lords of the Samurai.

The exhibition features more than 160 works from the Hosokawa family collection. Ms. Rinne will discuss representative items from the show such as suits of armor, armaments, calligraphy, paintings, teaware, lacquerware, masks, and musical instruments. Following the talk, guests are invited to a wine and cheese reception in the Museum’s elegant Fisher Room.

Melissa M. Rinne is Assistant Curator of Japanese art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Educated at Brown University, Kyoto City University of Arts, and Kyoto University, she lived in Japan for nearly sixteen years, researching Japanese textiles and working on the staff of two Japanese national museums. She is the author of Masters of Bamboo: Artistic Lineages in the Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Basket Collection, and a co-author of the 2009 exhibition catalogue of the Hosokawa collection, Lords of the Samurai: Legacy of a Daimyo Family.

Time:
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Check In: 6:15 pm
Program: 6:30 Walk-through
Reception: 7:45 to 8:45 pm

Location:
Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA
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Cost:
$25 Japan Society Members
$32 General Admission

This event is sold out. This is a special event hosted by the Japan Society of Northern California. Lecture event discounts do not apply and guest passes will not be accepted. The deadline to RSVP for this event is Wednesday, July 1, 2009; refunds will not be made after this date.