Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...

Contemporary Japanese art is often a blend of influences from traditional art and influences from Western art that was introduced during the Westernization movement in the Meiji Era (1868-1912).

the period of Japan’s modernization and international expansion from the 1880s through the 1920s, a time span overlapping the late Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa periods. The lessons draw upon a range ...

The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s medieval period of social ... span overlapping the late Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa periods. The lessons draw upon a range of historical source ...

From the yellowed pages of print, I felt the passion of scholars for translation during the Meiji Era (1868-1912). I appreciated the voraciousness with which the Japanese intelligentsia of the ...

However, some contemporary artists based in Japan and overseas create netsuke as an art form in their own right. Netsuke in shape of a boar 猪根付, artist unidentified c. 1870, Meiji era (1868 ...

Specialists at Canterbury Auction Galleries in Kent have since identified it as the work of Namikawa Yasuyuki, one of Japan’s most famous artists from the Meiji Period. Gallery co-director ...

The former residence of a wealthy family here is a showcase of elaborate design, speaking to the present from its presumed completion time in the late Meiji era (1868-1912).The Yoshiimachi district of ...