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yth➜Moss StE. BroadwayDAVIDSONOccidentalReturn of the SamuraiKingART GALLERY OF GREATER VICTORIA, VICTORIA Denny Way BC – Aug 6-Nov14, 2010 The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is an avid collectorof OLYMPIC Samurai-related paraphernalia. Its holdings include prints,SCULPTUREscroll PARK paintings, suits of armour, helmets and swords, as well asartifacts that reveal the Samurai connection to the Noh theatreand tea ceremony traditions and to Zen Buddhism.Currently the gallery is staging Return of the Samurai, a newversion of its popular 2003 exhibition, Samurai: The Warrior Class◆ LISA HARRISof Japan. The highlights of the show are five recently donated suitsof amour and two helmets courtesy of collector Trevor Absolon,and an ancient sedan chair known as a palanquin, ◆ which carriedTRAVERthe members of a shogun’s family. Although they look heavy, theSEATTLElightweight suits of armour were fashioned from ◆ ART hundreds MUSEUM of lacqueredsteel parts, leather scales and silk ◆braids BILLY KING flexibly lacedSTUDIOtogether and worn over rich brocade robes. The exhibit features anumber of paintings and newly-acquired prints illustrating the lifeand times of the Samurai, including a painting attributed to the➜TO FRANCINE SEDERSBroad StWestern AveElliot◆6th Ave5th Ave4th AveWall StBellBlanchardHwy 991st Ave2nd AveJacksonPike PlaceMarketecond Ave9th Ave11th AveStewart StVETRI INT’LGLASSAlaskan WayPine StUniversityART MUSEUM ◆E Prospect St.E AlohaColumbiawww.aggv.bc.cagreatest Samurai general Elliot Bay of all, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98).Yesler WayThe Samurai were a brave and ferocious class of warriors in Samurai Suit of Armour, Muromachi-PIONEER ◆TO MUSEUM OF GLASS,Japan who valued loyalty, sacrifice, honour and martial bravery. An Momoyama period, (late 16/early 17thSQUAREPRATT TACOMA ART MUSEUM,GALLERYextreme example of their SEATTLE(see inset) century) TRAVER, [Art Gallery VETRI of INT’L Greater Victoria,code of honour can be found in the GLASS in TacomaS Jackson Victoria BC, Aug 6-Nov 14]early18th-century legend of the 47 Ronin (Samurai), who avengedS King St.the death of their master even though the consequence was TO ritual WESTERN suicide TO for BROADWAY every one of them.BRIDGESeveral prints in the exhibit illustrate this tragic story. Mia JohnsonUnionSeattle FreewayOlive WayPike StSeneca St5th AveMarion StPlayfield9th AveE. Pike StTerry◆Seattle Freeway7th Ave SMadisonCherryJamesFRYEART MUSEUMGALLERYIN LONGVIEWE. 15th Ave.➜GIFT OF TREVOR GLEN ABSOLONTO MORRISGALLERYTO SLIDE ROOMGALLERYHeraldNorth Park StGALLERY ATGladstone StTED HARRISONTHE MACCOLLECTIVEFisgard St◆DALES◆ WORKS◆ Cormorant St ◆ LÚZAVENUEMARTIN◆ ◆BATCHELOR Pandora◆ ◆ ◆ WINCHESTEROak Bay Ave ◆ GALLERYECLECTICTO ‘CHOSIN POTTERYIN THEJohnson StOAK BAYVILLAGE◆LEGACYMADRONAYates St◆DELUGE◆View StBastion Sq ◆WEST END ◆VIEW◆ POLYCHROMEOPEN SPACE ◆◆ Fort StALCHERINGAART GALLERY OFMERCURIO ◆ Broughton GREATER VICTORIA◆COMMUNITY◆ARTS COUNCIL Rockland➜Wharf StBelleville StSuperiorTO XCHANGESStore StGovernmentFantan AlleyGordon➜Broad StDouglas➜Burnside Rd◆ ROYAL B.C.MUSEUM➜BlanshardQuadra➜WINCHESTER◆◆WINCHESTERHumboldtTO PENINSULAIN SIDNEYCook StFairfield RdChapman StFernwood RdJoan CrBegbie StFort StLeighton Rd.Bank StFoul Bay RdVICTORIAMonterey Ave62 PREVIEW ■ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010 ★ OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYS