Feature Exhibition of the New Year
Dog and Auspicious Symbol Art
Dog and Auspicious Symbol Art
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Morning Glories and Puppies (Detail), By Maruyama Okyo, Edo period, dated 1784
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Rooms T1 & T2
January 2, 2006 (Mon) - January 29, 2006 (Sun)The Museum celebrates the year of the dog featuring artworks depicting dogs, which have been very familiar to the Japanese people. Pine, bamboo, plum, cranes, tortoise, lions, peony, and Mt. Fuji also appear as good luck motifs.