TEACH JAPAN
Resources for students and educators
TEACH JAPAN
Resources for students and educators
This collection was designed by the Education Department of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery as a basic introduction to Japanese painting for educators. It is a collection of artworks from the museum’s permanent collection that draw from a wide variety of formats, styles, media, and subjects that represent many of the major trends in Japanese painting. Each image includes key information about the artwork, as well as ideas for class discussion, lesson components, and/or links to resources such as videos and articles which provide additional information about the artwork.
In this Online Lesson, the MFA has paired excerpts from the English translation of The Tale of Genji by Edward G. Seidensticker (1993), with corresponding images from the museum’s collection. Explore the images and compare them to the accompanying text excerpt.
Learn more about the famous war epic, the Tale of the Heike in this adaptation of “The Death of Atsumori” by Asian Art Museum Storyteller, Leta Bushyhead, followed by an analysis from Dr. Andrea Horbinski.
Find out more about TeachJapan.
Lead funding for the Asian Art Museum’s TeachJapan is generously provided by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
Additional support is provided by Susan and Kevin McCabe.
Teach Japan was created in collaboration with the following arts organizations:
