Rosina Buckland’s book dispels the whitewashed argument that Meiji-era art resulted from foreign influences that watered down local forms. by Nageen Shaikh September 5, 2024 May 6, 2025.

What ensued was an era of modernization in architecture, fashion, industry, government and art like no other, gloriously evidenced in “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan,” a building-wide ...

Emperor Meiji’s commitment to modernizing Japan means that Meiji-era art was significantly influenced by outside actors. In her lecture at the opening event, Rosina Buckland discussed the influence of ...

Meiji art abounds with historical, mythological, and religious (Buddhist and Shintō) subject matter. Such themes were already a central part of Japanese art and culture in the preceding Edo period, ...

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Bailey and co-curator Chelsea Foxwell, professor of art history, University of Chicago, have assembled 200 objects, paintings, prints, photographs and textiles to exemplify the Meiji era on Level ...

The 19th century was a significant period of upheaval for Japan as the country transitioned from the waning Edo era into the dawn of the Meiji era. The art of the time mirrored the tumult, ...

VOX POPULI: We all owe a debt to Meiji Era pioneers of the art of translation Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.

A Window into Modern Japan: Using Sugoroku Games to Promote the Ideal Japanese Subject in the Early 20th Century. Sugoroku, Japanese board games, have been popular since the 19th century, if not ...