Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858), Plum Estate, Kameido (Kameido Umeyashiki), no. 30 from 100 Famous Views of Edo, 11th month of 1857. Woodblock print, 14 3/16 × 9 1/4 in. (36 × 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Anna Ferris, 30.1478.30. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
July Events
JASA members will meet up in Texas July 12 to 14 to visit three extraordinary Asian art exhibitions, to celebrate Houston’s Year of Japan. Key activities will revolve around the exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan, organized by JASA, that will be on view at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston from July 7 through September 15.
Then join us Friday, July 19, at 1 p.m. EDT, at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, to tour Imagined Neighbors: Japanese Visions of China, 1680-1980 with Dr. Frank Feltens, Curator of Japanese Art, and collector (and JASA Member) Cheney Cowles. This special exhibition presents one of the most comprehensive groups of Japanese literati works outside of Japan. Sign-up deadline is July 10; click here to register.
To learn more about our upcoming events, click here.
Zoom Webinar: Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo Now Online
On the occasion of the Brooklyn Museum’s newly opened exhibition, Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami), this panel discussion included catalog author and historian Henry Smith of Columbia University; Joan Cummins, exhibition curator; and Ȧlex Bueno of the Centre for Global Education, Tokyo, who discussed photographic images in the exhibition.
Click here to view the recorded discussion online.
When Zen Becomes Political: Zen and Soft/Hard Power with Frank Feltens
The video of our March 20 annual meeting special lecture is now available to view here.
Upcoming Exhibition, Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan
Help Us Celebrate 50 Years of JASA!
The exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan, celebrating 50 years of the Japanese Art Society of America, opened at Asia Society Museum, New York, on October 3, 2023. One review called Meiji Modern a “perfect exhibition,” engaging both scholars and non-specialist visitors who are “thrilled to discover beautiful art they didn’t know and to learn its history in labels that are both clear and serious.”
JASA’s beautiful 272-page full-color catalog for the exhibition (cover above) takes a fresh look at the art of the Meiji period (1868-1912) through a selection of approximately 200 objects drawn from public and private collections across the United States, including newly discovered prints, photographs, textiles, paintings, and craft objects. Copies of the catalog can be ordered through the JASA Store or our online Publications Order Form.
To learn more about the catalog, click here. To order a copy online, click here.
