We Do Not Work Alone: Kawai Kanjirō and Ceramics in Modern Kyoto
Mar 22 at 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
$20
In celebration of Asia Week New York 2026, the Japanese Art Society of America invites you to join JASA Members for the 2026 Annual Meeting and a special lecture presented by Meghen Jones, Professor of Art History, Alfred University.
This talk explores how Kawai Kanjirō (1890–1966) and fellow Kyoto ceramic artists navigated the legacy of Kyō-yaki (Kyoto ware) amid the upheavals of mid-twentieth-century Japan, variously adapting and challenging its refined, colorful, literary and painterly conventions through communal practices, engagement with nature, and poetic reflections on craft and spirit. Attendees may view Japan Society Gallery’s spring 2026 exhibition, Kawai Kanjirō: House to House, before or after the lecture.