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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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by Sarah Eberspacher
March 11, 2015

Morning Glow, 2011

(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

Untitled from the series Site/Cloud, 2012

(Daisuke Yokota/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

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2013.10.20 Kesen-cho from the series Rikuzentakata, 2013

(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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April 26, 2011, Onahama, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, from the series Mirrors in Our Nights, 2011

(Arai Takashi/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

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'11 6 2, 2011

(Nobuyoshi Araki/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

2011:04:02, Minamisanriku, Motoyoshi, Miyagi Prefecture from North East Earthquake Disaster Tsunami, 2011 Portfolio, 2011

(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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From the series Cesium, 2012

(Seto Masato/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore) 45 from the seris Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 2012

(Shiga Lieko/Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

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Trace #16, Lake Hayama (Mano Dam) from the series Trace, 2012

(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

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Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore) 46 from the seris Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 2011

(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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