Final Days of Water Embodied: Flow and Meaning of Water in Japanese Art at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kimura Yoshirō (Japanese, born 1946). Droplet (Vessel with Blue Glaze), 2017. Half-porcelain with glaze, 21 1/4 × 23 inches (54.0 x 58.4 cm). The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. Purchase: the Asian Art Acquisition Fund in memory of Laurence Sickman, 2025.28.
Don’t miss your final chance to experience this remarkable exhibition before it closes this Sunday, April 26 at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Spanning 500 years, it brings to life the many ways water has shaped Japanese art and culture—from everyday rituals to myth and symbolism—revealing its enduring power as both a boundary and a bridge.
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