I live in DC and a great source of information on Japanese cultural activities is the Japan Information and Cultural Center.
This activity arrived via its mailing list:
The George Washington University's Sigur Center for Asian Studies Presents: Crazy for Japan: Art and Political Agendas at the International Expositions in the Gilded Age
Wednesday, Oct. 29 from 12:30 - 1:45pm at the Lindner Family Commons, The Elliott School of International Affairs, 6th Floor, 1957 E Street NW with speaker Hannah Sigur, adjunct professor, University of California-Davis & San Francisco State University.
Hannah Sigur is an art historian, writer, and editor with seven years' residence and study in East and Southeast Asia. As an adjunct professor, she teaches a wide range of courses at San Francisco State University, University of California-Davis, and elsewhere, and has lectured at major museums and antiques fairs across the country from New York to California. She co-authored A Master Guide to the Art of Floral Design, listed by The Christian Science Monitor in "The Best Books of 2002."
Please RSVP with your name, organization/GW affiliation, and e-mail to gsigur@gwu.edu by Monday, October 27, 2008.
The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore also has a show, Autum Colors . It continues through Nov. 30 and is described: Through this selection of paintings from the collection of Betsy and Robert Feinberg, visitors will explore the imaging and meaning of the autumn season as it resonated with the various Japanese schools of painting during the 18th and 19th centuries. Works by nanga, rimpa, ukiyo-e, and Maruyama-Shijo painters all explore sites and subjects that have long been synonymous with autumn in Japan, including the red leaves of Takao and the crimson momiji, or Japanese maple.
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