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Article: Daimyo: First Rays of A Rising Sun; The National Gallery Gathers 400 Dazzling, Enigmatic Images of Japan's Feudal Glory
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- The Washington Post
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- October 30, 1988
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Japan: The Shaping of Daimyo Culture, 1185-1868," the exhibition
opening today at the East Building of the National Gallery of Art, is
an incredibly ambitious undertaking, an attempt to sum up seven
centuries of a nation's history in a mere 400 objects or so.
It is a splendid exhibition because the objects are splendid.
Even in an age of huge international expositions of art this one
stands out for the variety and quality of the materials in it. This
is cultural diplomacy at a high level: Because of the importance
attached to the relationship between their country and ours, the
holders of the great public and private collections throughout Japan
were persuaded to relinquish many of their ...