Museum director bushido

Our director, Dr. Jay Xu, is a good natured guy with a warm sense of humor. He usually likes to crack jokes at our monthly morning staff meetings, but at our most recent one just last week, he went the extra mile.

Dressed up in our custom made samurai armor (which you may have already seen), I think it’s safe to say that his goofy spiritedness lent our staff meeting a nice touch.

The ruse was that Jay was running late (he usually presents first), so our director of marketing and communications got up to present the marketing plan for Lords of the Samurai. In the middle of the presentation, Jay swaggered in from the back of the hall, beating on his chest.

He proceeded to give his monthly update, gripping his sword, holding it close to his chest, sometimes getting bravado with his delivery. He jokingly threatened and growled while waving his sword around, all the while remaining comically stiff and awkward because the armor inhibits range of movement.

Here at the Asian Art Museum, we take our work very seriously, but we know how to have fun.

And now, some pictures from when we were dressing and prepping the good sport for his role.

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