Set of Japan traditional sliding door paintings united after 150 yrs apart

TOKYO - A set of traditional Japanese paintings on eight sliding doors, reunited after about 150 years of separation, was shown to the media at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum on Friday.

The paintings created in the early 17th century by Kano Sogen Shigenobu, an artist of the prominent Kano school of painting, will be on display at the museum from Saturday through Oct. 18.