Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan

Charting Japan’s unique engagement with modernity during the Meiji era, through an extraordinary selection of objects in American collections

This exhibition catalogue takes a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868–1912), through a vivid selection of approximately 175 objects drawn from early public and private collections across the United States, including newly discovered prints, photographs, textiles, paintings, and craft objects. Featuring motifs such as the sea and nature, ...