Scene from the Ramayana (Epic of Rama): Kumbhakarna battles the monkeys, Northeastern Thailand, approx. 1075–1125
Sandstone
by Unknown (Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, B66S7)
Jinnoji Engi (Legends of the founding of Jinnoji Temple), approx. 1325–1375
Ink, colors, and gold on paper
by Unknown (Courtesy of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, B66D3)
October 2
10:30 am–12:30 pm
Melissa McCormick (Professor of Japanese Art and Culture at Harvard) will discuss narrative usage in Japanese medieval painting.
October 9
10:30 pm–12:30 pm
Forrest McGill (Senior Curator, of South and Southeast Asian Art at Asian Art Museum of San Francisco) will discuss how the famous Ramayana epic has been depicted over hundreds of years in South and Southeast Asia.
Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Korean, Southeast Asian, Himalayan & Central Asian, Islamic & Middle Eastern
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