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Collector Joe D. Price's Shin'enkan Collection of more than 300 Japanese scroll and screen paintings represents the core of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's Japanese holdings. In 1983, Price and his wife Etsuko Yoshimochi bequeathed about 300 Japanese screens and scrolls to the museum and donated $5 million in seed money for a building to ...
The Green Dragon Colony was a group of unique rental cottages that attracted musicians and artists to the seaside community of La Jolla in San Diego, California, between 1895 and 1912. Established by German immigrant Anna Held Heinrich, the colony became a well-known tourist destination in Southern California .
Dragon-head pitcher (金銀鍍龍首水瓶, kinginto ryūshu suibyō) [73] Lid and handle in dragon shape, body with engraved pegasus design; part of the Hōryū-ji treasures Tang dynasty or Nara period, 7th century Pitcher; gold- and silver-plated bronze, line engraving; body diameter: 18.9 cm (7.4 in), overall height: 49.9 cm (19.6 in)
Chinese dragon mythology is the source of Japanese dragon mythology. Japanese words for "dragon" are written with kanji ("Chinese characters"), either simplified shinjitai 竜 or traditional kyūjitai 龍 from Chinese long 龍. These kanji can be read tatsu in native Japanese kun'yomi, [b] and ryū or ryō in Sino-Japanese on'yomi. [c]
Ryūjin (龍神, lit. ' Dragon God '), which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology.In many versions Ryūjin had the ability to transform into a human shape.
A wreath which had been previously used on the reverse side was adopted for the obverse as the dragon design was abandoned. This was due to the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War which lasted from 1894 to 1895. [29] The dragon symbol was no longer viewed positively by the Japanese as the Qing dynasty (in practice) honored it. [29]
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In 2014, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego chose architect Annabelle Selldorf to head a $30 million expansion [23] tripling the size of the museum's location in La Jolla. Upon completion, the museum had 3,700 square metres (40,000 square feet) of gallery space to exhibit the permanent collection, as well as additional space for education ...