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		•Modern Landscapes, Modern Beauties: The Woodblock Prints of Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) March 20 - April 20, 2002
			This comprehensive exhibit spans the entire career of quintessential shin-hanga (new prints) artist Ito Shinsui, who achieved great success in the United States during his own lifetime as the result of two landmark exhibits dedicated to shin-hanga artists held in 1930 and 1936. Shin-hanga is the term given to a genre of prints made in the 20th century that utilized the traditional Japanese printmaking system, but in an updated, 'new' style. While Shinsui excelled at landscape prints, he became most well known as a successful and prolific creator of bijin-ga. Though Shinsui worked to create idealized images of a traditional Japan, he was also influenced by a growing awareness of Western art. Many of his prints incorporate Western theories of perspective, which combine with the two-dimensional Japanese graphic sense to create a striking fusion between the two traditions.
		•International Asian Art Fair March 22 - March 26 , 2002
			On exhibit were a selection of works of art including netsuke, lacquer, paintings and screens.
		•Natsu: A Japanese Summer Through August 15, 2002
			Japanese prints, lacquerware, netsuke and inrô illustrate the theme.
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