![]() ![]() ![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. ![]() Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and Howard Kaplan, museum writer, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. In association with the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Ulak, senior curator of Japanese art, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Ulak explores this flowering tree’s timeless appeal and deep-rooted symbolism. Text by the Freer|Sackler’s senior curator of Japanese art James T. Today, we celebrate cherry blossom festivals across the United States and the world and see our cities framed by blossoming branches that herald spring. In 1912, Japan gifted more than 3,000 of these trees to Washington, D.C., as a symbol of friendship between nations. The flowers feature prominently in Japanese art magnificent renderings by masters-including Hiroshige and Hokusai-show serene blossoms among tall evergreens, at the epicenter of national celebrations, or as surreal showers of petals. Since the eighteenth century, parties in Japan, from royal maidens to farmers, have gathered to view cherry trees, an essential symbol of the cycle of life. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian's museums of Asian art, these rare reproductions of gilded screens, woodblock prints, and ink on silk works offer sublimely rendered buds and blooms for all who cherish them. Drawn from the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. ![]() A jewel-like collection of the most exquisite cherry blossoms in Japanese art celebrates the enduring power of spring. ![]()
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