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Kagami Shikō, ​Haiga: Pine Tree and Hokku​, c. 1725, ink and pale color on silk, the Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art. (photo: Hester + Hardaway)

Five Centuries of the Japanese Garden “How lovely—the setting for elegant play, and serene pleasure”

Saturday, Sep 15, 2012
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Law Building
1001 Bissonnet Map & Directions

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Speaker: Edgar Peters Bowron, the Audrey Jones Beck Curator of European Art, MFAH.

A reception and tour follow the lecture. Presented in conjunction with the Arts of Japan Gallery and the exhibition Unrivalled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art.

Tickets are required for this lecture. To secure your seats, buy your tickets in advance! Tickets are available online (click the "Buy Tickets" link above—printer required to print out ticket), by phone at 713.639.7771, or at any admissions desk at the MFAH. Please e-mail lectures@mfah.org with any questions.

Members
$5

Adults (19+)
$8 + museum admission

Seniors (65+), students (ID required) & youth (ages 6–18)
$7 + museum admission

A very special thanks to all of the funders who make the Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures possible. Education programs for “Unrivalled Splendor: The Kimiko and John Powers Collection of Japanese Art” are made possible by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.