3-11: Remembering Japan's triple disaster
A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, revisits a national tragedy

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(Image credit: (Kikuji Kawada/Museum of Fine Arts Boston) Four years later, Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is opening In the Wake, an exhibition of work by Japanese artists who have addressed their country's)

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(Image credit: (Naoya Hatakeyama/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)The show features nearly 100 works by 17 photographers. To get that selection, Morse and her colleague, Anne E. Havinga, traveled all over Japan t)

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(Image credit: (Miyoshi Kozo/Museum of Fine Arts Boston) The exhibition is divided into two sections: The first revolves around the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, while the second focuses on the Fukushi)

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(Image credit: (Shimpei Takeda/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)What was most important, to many of the artists, Morse said, was that the exhibition reaffirm that the disaster has not been forgotten."With most of)

(Image credit: (Shiga Lieko/Museum of Fine Arts Boston) **In the Wake is on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 5 through July 12. For more information, visit the MFA's website**)
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