Courtesy Japanese Art Society of America

JASA is pleased to present two exciting events this July! On Thursday, July 24, join a live Zoom webinar on Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road, featuring curator U.S. collector Alan Medaugh, a key lender to the British Museum exhibition. Then, on Tuesday, July 29, JASA members are welcome to an in-person tour of The Three Perfections at The Met, led by curator John T. Carpenter. The show features masterpieces from the renowned Cowles collection—one of the finest holdings of Japanese art outside Japan.

Zoom Webinar: Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road
Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 5pm (EST)
Online

On Thursday, July 24, join a live Zoom Webinar on Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road, the British Museum’s exhibition on view through September 7. This talk will include not the lead curator, Alfred Haft, but also one of its featured lenders, U.S. Hiroshige-print collector Alan Medaugh.

To learn more and register, click here.

In-Person Tour of The Three Perfections: Japanese Poetry, Painting and Calligraphy
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 3pm (EST)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave.
Tickets: $20, advance registration required

JASA members will have another opportunity for an in-person tour of the current Met exhibition The Three Perfections: Japanese Poetry, Painting, and Calligraphy, led by curator John T. Carpenter. The majority of the works are among the more than 250 examples of Japanese painting and calligraphy donated or promised to The Met by Mary and Cheney Cowles, whose collection is one of the finest and most comprehensive assemblages of Japanese art outside Japan.

Please note that after The Three Perfections closes on August 3, the Arts of Japan Galleries will be undergoing renovation and won’t reopen until December.

The deadline to sign up is July 22.  Group size is limited to 20 members.  Please contact Cheryl Gall, membership coordinator, at [email protected] or (978) 600-8128 with any questions.

To learn more and register, click here.