Middle School (6-8),High School (9-12),College and Beyond
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Video
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0:00:15
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Asian Art Museum Curator, Joseph Chang, reads Poetic lines in semicursive script, Zhang Ruitu (1570–1641). Translation: You've shut your door and studied books for many months and years: You've planted pine trees—all now grown into old dragon scales. This work will be on view at the Asian Art Museum as part of the exhibition, Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy (from October 5, 2012–January 13, 2013)
Calligrapher Yoko Ozaki demonstrates a stylized Japanese calligraphy known as saisho (彩書, colorful writing), a vibrant combination of drawing, poetry, and writing.
Middle School (6-8),High School (9-12),College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Artwork
Description:
Tanuki (raccoon dog) in robes of a Buddhist priest, by Anraku? (Japanese), approx. 1800-1900. Netsuke; wood with inlaid ivory and horn. The Avery Brundage Collection, B70Y352.
Middle School (6-8),High School (9-12),College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Artwork
Description:
The Buddhist deity Simhavaktra Dakini. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Reign of the Qianlong Emperor (1736-1795). China, Beijing or vicinity, Hebei province. Lacquered and gilded wood inlaid with semiprecious stones. The Avery Brundage Collection, B60S600.
Middle School (6-8),High School (9-12),College and Beyond
Resource Type:
Artwork
Description:
Willow Tree, approx. 1800-1900. By Otagaki Rengetsu (1791–1875). Japan. Hanging scroll, ink on paper. Gift of the Connoisseur’s Council and J. Sanford and Constance Miller, The Avery Brundage Collection, 1990.213
San Francisco Unified School District's Director of Multicultural and World Language Instruction Margaret Peterson moderated a panel discussion with Mr. Bill Sanderson (San Francisco Unified School District), Ms. Ericka Lovrin (George Washington High School), Dr. Midori McKeon (San Francisco Unified School District), and Mr. Yo Azama (North Salinas High School) about world language education policy within the San Francisco Unified School District; the current situation and importance of the Japanese language education; and incentives and opportunities for Japanese language learners at the Japanese Language Symposium held at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco on February 18, 2012.