Sotatsu's 'Waves at Matsushima' and Charles Lang Freer

Attend a fascinating presentation by one of the world's experts on Japanese Art, Dr. Frank Feltens. Dr. Feltens, Curator of Japanese Art at the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian, will speak at The Detroit Institute of Arts at 2PM on Sunday, November 19th.

Dr. Feltens will highlight the origins, recent high resolution replication, and unique ties to Detroit of Tawaraya Sotatsu's 17th century masterpiece 'Waves at Matsushima'.

Canon Inc., the Kyoto Cultural Association, and the Freer Gallery of Art, National Museum of Asian Art have recreated high resolution reproductions of the Museum's Japanese paintings using advanced imaging technology and traditional crafts. Unlike the fragile originals, these facsimilies can travel broadly to encourage art appreciation and cross-cultural understanding.

Detroit Industrialist Charles Lang Freer brought the 'Waves of Matsushima' to his Detroit home at the turn of the 19th century. He later transferred his entire collection of Japanese and Asian Art to the Freer Gallery that he established in Washington D.C., now celebrating its 100th Anniversary.