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S INCE ITS FOUNDING IN 1972, THE JAPAN FOUNDATION HAS

fostered
exchange
in
diverse
between
many
Japan and cultural countries throughout fields world. In
the
recent years, art exhibitions that played a particularly important role in
our activities have included The Great Japan Exhibition in London in
1981, Japan des Avant-Gardes in Paris in 1986, and Paris in Japan, Japan in
Paris, which traveled to St. Louis, New York, and Los Angeles during
1987-1988.
Japan: The Shaping ofDaimyo Culture 1185-18681$ an exhibition
of the art related to the warrior class, important contributors to the
cultural and political development of Japan from the medieval through
the early modern eras. The daimyo-related art exhibited here will show,
we believe, a side of Japanese culture not yet well known to the Ameri-
can public. We expect that this exhibition will be the first step in a new
phase of Japanese-American cultural exchange.
We would like to express our gratitude to the many people who
worked so hard and so long for this exhibition, and especially to J. Carter
Brown who energetically traveled between the United States and Japan
to make the exhibition possible. We would also like to thank all of the
individuals and organizations who have kindly lent us their treasures. We
are indebted to the Japanese Ministry for Foreign Affairs for its assis-
tance since the 1983 summit meeting.

Yasue Katori
President
The Japan Foundation

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