Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Haruo Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University

Presented as part of the Sunday at the Met series, this is the first talk in a series of lectures focusing on the Rinpa aesthetic in Japanese Art.

The exhibition Designing Nature: The Rinpa Aesthetic in Japanese Art is on view May 26, 2012–January 13, 2013 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The exhibition is made possible by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Foundation.

The catalogue is made possible by the Richard and Geneva Hofheimer Memorial Fund.