Japanese Garden Lecture at Huntington - January 24

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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
JAPANESE GARDEN LECTURE
Friends’ Hall
Tuesday January 24, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public / No reservations required

If You Build It They Will Come: a Brief History of Japanese Architecture in Philadelphia
Dr. Felice Fischer
Curator of Japanese Art and Senior Curator of East Asian Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The American taste for things Japanese, including architecture, grew out of the showmanship of World Fairs. The first authentic Japanese building on American soil was erected on the grounds of the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. This talk will explore the who, when, and how of the fascinating history of Japanese architecture in Philadelphia – including a Japanese Bazaar, a Temple Gate, a Teahouse, and a 17th century style Samurai Residence that almost came to Pasadena.

Above: Sunkaraku Teahouse at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Support for this lecture is provided by the USC Emeriti Center's Norboru Inamoto Endowment and
The Langham Huntington Hotel and Spa.

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Michelle Bailey
Curatorial Assistant, Chinese Garden
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
626.405.3503
FAX 626.405.3501

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