Japanese Cluster Goes to The Freer Gallery/ 日本語クラスターがフリーア美術館に行きます

展示の他に、フリーアはある時に日本の映画やアニメを見せることもあります。ワシントンにあるアジアの一部を味わって、時間と距離で東アジアへ旅するように、ぜひいつかフリアー美術館に寄ってください。
On October 11, the Japanese cluster took a trip to the Freer Gallery in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1923 by Charles Lang Freer, the Freer Gallery specializes in Asian art, which means that we got to a see a lot of old Japanese paintings and statues. As you walk into the Japanese section of the Freer, you are greeted by a towering kongorikishi, a Japanese guardian statue which is often found near temples in Japan to scare away evil spirits. We also saw Japanese folding screens, known as byobu. These screens are often painted with gold leaf and are meant to be viewed in low light (such as candlelight). Much of the art found at the Freer is Japanese Buddhist-themed art. There are, for example, statues of the Buddha perched on lotus flowers. This is a metaphor of how one must take the essence of wisdom from the muddiness of the world. The museum also contains beautiful illustrations and golden calligraphy from the Tale of Genji, one of the oldest novels of all time, written by Murasaki Shikibu in the 11th century.
Occasionally, the Freer also has showings of Japanese movies and animations. So for a taste of Japan in DC, stop by the Freer and Sackler galleries and transport yourself in time and space to the ancient far east.
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