Saturday Members Tour “Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan”
Hashiguchi Goyō, “This Beauty” Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911, color lithograph, Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph: Alex Jamison
Utagawa Sadahide, Picture of Western Traders at Yokohama Transporting Merchandise, 1861, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Edward S. Morse Memorial Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, and John Ware Willard Fund. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. All Rights Reserved
► Advance tickets are sold out, with a limited number available on-site the morning of the tour.
August 2024
MFAH members are invited to explore the Museum on special Saturday tours. Topics change monthly.
In August, join a docent on a tour showcasing Japan’s extraordinary Meiji era (1868–1912). The monumental exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan looks at the country’s emergence from near-total isolation to a modern, global period. See nearly 200 remarkable works of Meiji art, including recently discovered masterpieces that have never been shown publicly.
Tickets | SOLD OUT
- Exclusive to MFAH Members
- Free Admission
Plan Your Visit
- Meet in the lobby of the Law Building.
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Questions? Call the members hotline at 713.639.7550, Monday–Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or email membership@mfah.org at any time.
► If you are not yet an MFAH member, join now to get free tickets along with other great benefits!
“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is organized by the Japanese Art Society of America (JASA), with funds provided by JASA members, to celebrate its 50th Anniversary, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
In Houston, major support is provided by:
Bobbie Nau
Additional generous support is provided by:
Kathy and Glen Gondo
Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Anne and Albert Chao
Daikin Comfort Technologies
Marty and Kathy Goossen
Milton D. Rosenau, Jr. and Dr. Ellen R. Gritz
Dr. Ritsuko Komaki
Local Foods Group
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Miwa Sakashita and Dr. John R. Stroehlein
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Nanako and Dale Tingleaf
The exhibition catalogue is made possible with funds provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation and The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Japanese Art, Columbia University.