Impressions 45 (2024) Part Two of a Double Issue

Impressions 45, Part Two of a Double Issue (2024), is 259 pages and features Meiji Japan, notably reviews by Hollis Goodall of an exhibition and catalog of ceramics by Seifu Yohei III at the Cleveland Museum of Art and JASA’s “Meiji Modern” exhibition and catalog. Elizabeth Lillehoj reviews Tim Clark’s Late Hokusai; Sam Leiter takes a look at Jonathan Zwicker’s Kabuki’s Nineteenth Century; and William Fleming reviews Leiter’s Meiji Kabuki. Motoko Shimizu has a timely essay on Ishiuchi Miyako and the effects of the bombing of Hiroshima. Evgeny Steiner explores another timely issue—the problem of war booty in Russia. Erin Schoneveld introduces us to Japanese posters; Stephen Salel traces the evolution of sugoroku imagery in Japanese graphic art; and Tim Screech unveils the little-known theme of the Eight Views of Nikko.