Masterpieces From the Richard Lane Collection May 30, 2010

The bulk of the Lane Collection comprises Japanese paintings. Among the images selected for inclusion in the exhibition are a rare 16th-century Muromachi period ink painting by Soami (who served as official connoisseur to the Shogun) of a Squirrel on Bamboo, a striking depiction of Daruma (also known as Bodhidharma, the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism) by Unkoku Toeki (17th century), a fan painting of an egret on gold leaf by the great Rimpa School master Ogata Korin (1658-1716), and a painting of a bijin (fashionable young woman) by Isoda Koryusai, one of the greatest 18th-century masters of the Ukiyo-e School (well represented by his woodblock prints in the Academy's James Michener Collection).