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- acknowledgements
The Meiji period (1868-1912) in Japan is one of the most interest�ing eras in modern history. Before Emperor Meiji's restoration in 1868, Japan was an isolated feudal and extremely backward county, but by his death in 1912, Japan had become a major power in the modern world. No other society in modern times transformed itself so rapidly and so drastically. Every aspect of Japanese society was affected by this upheaval. Significant ad�vances were made in industry, education and military matters.
This exhibition will attempt to show aspects of the changing aesthetics of Japanese art due to westernization during the pe�riod as well as exhibit some artifacts which resisted the trend to change.
We would like to thank the Vancouver Museum, L. Wright, Ralph Greenhill, Uno Langmann, Stuart Jackson and several other private collectors of Meiji period art in Vancouver and Victoria for generously lending their objects to this exhibition. We would also like to thank the donors who have given Meiji art to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria collection.
The assistance of the following staff members has been vital to the success of the exhibition: Mary and Brian Patten, Chris Russell and Ann Tighe. A special thanks must go to Jamie
Drouin for the difficult task of photographing these objects. Also a special thanks must go to Helen Pritchard for her excellent work in editing the text for this publication. I would also like to thank Paula Swart of the Vancouver Museum for proof-reading the text. Mr. Jean-Claude Arluison and Yuko Yasutake of A & E Communications must be thanked for the monumental task of translating the text into French and Japanese respectively. With regard to the Japanese text, please accept our apologies for the missing characters for some of the Japanese artists. Our limited library resources have not always allowed us to find the names in Japanese and we have not always had a chance to see the bottom of various artifacts to read the characters beneath. We wish to thank numerous Japanese friends who have helped with deciphering many difficult signatures and titles.
The funding for this publication has been provided by the Museum Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heri�tage, to whom we are very grateful.
Barry Till Curator of Asian Art August, 1995
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