Musee Cernuschi

 Today we headed to Musee Cernuschi for a temporary exhibit of the Seasons of Japan.  We began with a walk through the somewhat fanciful Parc Monceau.

The museum is on a side street at the edge of the park.  

The Chinese lions guarding the place seemed a bit confused, one facing toward the door welcoming us, and the other facing away, usually a malevalent sign.

We visited the temporary exhibit first, a private collection that will be left to Harvard. The photos are poor substitutes, however, since they are taken behind glass, with reflections and low light. 

This was one of my favorites, a series of four scrolls with various views of the moon.  It is impossible to see in these photos, but the silk borders and backgrounds for each scroll is different, expanding on the view of the subject in the painting itself. 

 After lunch we returned to take in the permanent collection. 

There were ancient pieces, 

  and modern. 

Did you ever wonder what Wesrerners looked like to Chinese of about 1000 years ago?