Sadako Ohki, Japan Foundation Associate Curator of Japanese Art, discusses a recently acquired polychrome Japanese painting (1786) by Hara Zaichū. We reimagine the identity of the women it depicts, in light of the poem that accompanies it in calligraphy, as well as by staging comparisons with Chinese and Japanese representations of women from the 16th through 19th century.

Meet by the central column in the Gallery lobby. Space is limited.