NEW YORK, NY.- The Japanese Art Dealers Association will hold its ninth annual Asia Week exhibition from March 11 to March 13, 2017, at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St., New York City.

The exhibition, JADA 2017: An Exhibition by the Japanese Art Dealers Association, will feature six-panel folding screens, hanging scrolls of delicate and refined brushwork, bold woodblock prints, ceramics, lacquers, and textiles and has long been considered one of Asia Week’s highlights for the quality and breadth of works exhibited.

In addition to JADA 2017, the Ukrainian Institute will house Japanese Screens and Scrolls from the Taisho Era, presented by Erik Thomsen Gallery, one of JADA’s five members. The Taisho Era (1912-1926) was celebrated for its liberalism, prosperity, early efforts in Japan towards democracy, and a vibrant flowering of the arts. The exhibition will include majestic folding screens and hanging scrolls.

The other members of JADA are Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, Leighton Longhi, Inc. Oriental Fine Art, Mika Gallery, and Sebastian Izzard LLC Asian Art. Each of the galleries will also hold exhibitions at their individual galleries in Midtown and on the Upper East Side during Asia Week, an event that dates to the mid-1990s.

“Asia Week has become a significant cultural event in New York City’s expansive and dazzling cultural offerings,” said Sebastian Izzard, president of JADA. “Each March, thousands of collectors, curators, art historians, art aficionados, and dealers come to New York to explore the free exhibitions that present some of the finest – and rarely seen – works of Asian art, including the traditional fine arts of Japan. We are delighted to be part of the sprawling event, as most of our members have been for decades.”

Highlights of JADA 2017 include a 17th century, blue and celadon ceramic serving dish that highlights the Seven Gods of Good Fortune. Also on view will be a set of 19th century gold and silver writing and document boxes that feature dramatically posed horses. Another highlight will be a resplendent full suit of armor by Noguchi Zessai, a master Edo-period armor maker. Made of lacquered leather and iron, other metals, gourds, animal skin and fur, chainmail, and other materials, the armor is one of only two known examples with address, signature, and date.

In addition to JADA and its members’ individual gallery exhibitions, JADA is affiliated with several galleries that will also be exhibiting during Asia Week. Among them are The Art of Japan, of Medina, WA; Bachmann Eckenstein Japanese Art, of Basel, Switzerland, and, from New York City, Carole Davenport Japanese Art, Ronin Gallery, of New York, NY and Scholten Japanese Art.