Inouye Fetes Japanese Art Loan
Sen. Daniel Inouye and his wife, Irene Hirano, we’re among those spotted at a National Gallery of Art gala on Monday night, Bloomberg News reported.
As Washington, D.C., celebrates 100 years of cherry blossoms — gifted to the District by the Japanese — Inouye, Hirano and other high-profile gala-goers celebrated the opening of a monthlong exhibition of Japanese bird and flower paintings.
The works by 18th-century artist Ito Jakuchu artist are on loan from the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. Read the full story.
