Hokusai: Japanese Screens June 28, 2012

Freer Gallery of Art founder Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) first discovered the great Japanese artist Hokusai (1760-1849) through his woodblock prints. Beginning in 1898, Freer turned to collecting Hokusai's paintings, and by 1907 he had gathered a collection that remains unrivaled in its holdings of original Hokusai paintings and drawings. This installation showcases a magnificent pair of six-panel folding screens of Mount Fuji.