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Today at the Museum

May 23, 2013
LECTURE

Thinking Globally: Exploring the MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian Art Collection

7 – 8 p.m.
Pillsbury Auditorium

Presenter: Risha Lee, the MIA's Jane Emison Assistant Curator of South and Southeast Asian Art. The MIA's Indian and Southeast Asian art collection contains many gems of art, produced in a variety of times and places. In an introduction to the collecti...
Exhibition

Kobayashi Kiyochika
Japanese, 1847-1915
Matsuki Heikichi
Japanese
Sugawara Michizane in Exile, February 1884
Color woodblock print
Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr. P.75.51.32

Prints by Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915)

Saturday, June 26, 2010—Sunday, October 24, 2010
Louis W. Hill Jr. Gallery of Japanese Prints Gallery 239
Free Exhibition

Kobayashi Kiyochika reached adulthood as Japan was undergoing massive change. His artistic career coincided with the Meiji period (1868-1912), an era of intense modernization and westernization as Japan transformed from a feudal state to an international super-power. Although he produced woodcuts in the traditional manner, Kiyochika's images frequently include elements of modern Japan, such as the gaslights and electric poles that were becoming commonplace in Japan's cities. The impact of Western artistic techniques is reflected in Kiyochika's use of aerial views and pastel colors. By imitating Western-style etching, he made Japanese historic subjects strangely compelling.