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Reconstructing the Japanese Heritage House
Posted on Jan. 27, 2022 by Lynne Heffley
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The Huntington's reconstruction of a 17th-century Japanese magistrate's house, shipped to the U.S. in pieces in 2020 from Marugame, Japan, has made remarkable progress since a formal Shinto roof-raising...
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Calligrapher Tang Qingnian
Posted on Jan. 2, 2019 by Lynne Heffley
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Tall and amiable wearing glasses his hair tied back in a pony tail contemporary artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 stands in The Huntington's Rose Hills Garden Courtyard on a sunny day in early Nov. 2018...
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“Nightwalk” in the Chinese Garden
Posted on Oct. 17, 2018 by Lynne Heffley
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It was an auspicious omen. At dusk, during a mid-September rehearsal of Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden—The Huntington's first-ever, site-specific, evening theatrical production—"these huge wild geese...
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Water, Water, Everywhere?
Jun. 28, 2022 by Sandy Masuo
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“Sweet April showers do spring May flowers,” poet and farmer Thomas Tusser famously observed. But Tusser’s verse was rooted in the temperate climate of 16th-century England. In arid 21st-century...
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Welcoming the 2022–23 Research Fellows
Jun. 21, 2022 by Steve Hindle
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June is a wonderful time of year at The Huntington: The flowers are in bloom, the gardens and galleries are bustling with visitors, and a fresh cohort of scholars are once again poring over our world-class...
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Laura Aguilar’s California
Jun. 14, 2022 by Linde B. Lehtinen and Dennis Carr
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A woman lies naked on the ground, warmed by the sun. The organic lines of her body echo the color and curves of the stone beneath her, and she seems to merge with her environment. The central image is...
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