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Morisada, a descendant of one of the great daimyo families, and Okura
Ryüji, curator of the Kumamoto Prefectural Museum of Art, for their
enthusiastic support in the earliest stages of the project. Thomas Law-
ton, former director of the Freer Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, also
offered encouragement and support. We would like to thank William
Childs, former chairman of the department of Art and Archaeology at
Princeton University, for his indulgence during the course of the
preparations, and Professor Shimizu's students, both graduate and
undergraduate.
In conjunction with this exhibition, our visitors are privileged to
learn in greater depth about two aspects of daimyo culture that were, as
this catalogue brings out, of great significance. One, the art of the tea
ceremony, is exemplified by the reconstruction of the Ennan teahouse in
its garden setting and the demonstrations of the ceremony, illustrated by
precious objects associated with it. This part of the undertaking was
supported by The Asahi Shimbun, the Yabunouchi School of Tea, The
Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., and All Nippon Airways.
A second aspect of daimyo culture was its patronage of No
drama. The construction of a traditional No stage and performances by
the renowned Kanze troupe of No players have been supported by The
Yomiuri Shimbun.
We would like to express our great appreciation to our American
sponsor, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, for its support. To the Japa-
nese supporters of the exhibition goes our deepest gratitude for their
generosity and leadership. We would like to thank especially The Yomiuri
Shimbun for its help with the project since its inception, and in particu-
lar Yosoji Kobayashi, president, Akihiro Nanjo, and the Yomiuri's able
staff. We are most appreciative of the support of The Nomura Securities
Co., Ltd., along with The Tokyo Marine and Fire Insurance Company,
Nippon Life Insurance Company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Corpo-
ration, The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., and the
Federation of Bankers Associations of Japan and its members. Japan Air
Lines provided transport for the works of art. In addition, we are grateful
to The Japan-United States Friendship Commission and the Commemo-
rative Association for the Japan World Exposition for their support of this
exhibition catalogue. We thank All Nippon Airways for its assistance in
transporting many of the catalogues from Japan to Washington. The
exhibition was publicly announced in 1983 at the Tokyo Summit by
Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and President Ronald Reagan. Since
then the project has received the support of both governments at the
highest level. We are particularly grateful to the National Gallery's
former Trustee, Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III, for his timely
assistance. The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities granted
an indemnity for the exhibition. Special thanks are due to Kôichi Hara-
guchi, Toshiyuki Takano, and Makoto Hinei in the Embassy of Japan in
Washington.
Finally to the former Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga, as well as
to the United States Ambassador in Japan, Mike Mansfield, go our spe-
cial thanks for helping this complex but enormously rewarding effort in
international understanding.

J. Carter Brown
Director

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