News of the big art theft from a Boston museum made my day.
Newsweek reported last year that the Boston museum was guaranteed $1 million from the show.
Meanwhile, several Boston museums are also showing the artist's work.
"People think a Boston museum is pandering when it does something like this," he said.
Ticket sales, at $15 per adult, could total $6 million, with the Boston museum receiving a percentage.
Over the next 20 years, $50 million will be given to the Boston museum for operations, capital expenses, special projects and its endowment.
A decade later, the Lanes gave 75 works to the Boston museum.
The Boston museum has a long history of collaborations with Japanese institutions.
The play opened on December 31, 1894 at the Boston Museum where it was well received.
After that, it was put on display at The Boston Museum.