The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is the second venue for Miwa Yanagi: Deutsche Bank Collection, the Japanese photographer Miwa Yanagi's first solo museum show in the United States. Comprising more than 30 large-scale photographs and video work from the Deutsche Bank Collection, the exhibition is on view through May 4, 2008.

Resounding Spirit traces the pioneering use of abstract art by Japanese artists from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, a period characterized by innovation and a growing awareness of international currents in the art world. Abstract painting—one of the most significant artistic movements of the 20th century—was a worldwide phenomenon.

Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas will exhibit 'An Idyllic Vision: The Modern Japanese Landscape' from December 1, 2007 through Spring 2008, at Asia Gallery.

More than 100 of the finest paintings from the Japanese Edo period (1615–1868) will be featured in "Patterned Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters from the Price Collection," on view Nov. 10 through April 13, 2008 at the Smithsonian's Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.

Historically, two major religions – Shinto and Buddhism – have existed harmoniously in Japan, playing complementary roles in its culture and giving rise to a rich variety of art forms. This exhibition provides an introduction to these religions through some of the finest art works in the museum collection, many of which are being exhibited for the first time.

The many sounds, sights, tastes, arts and traditions of Japan come together on Saturday, September 29, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology offers Celebrate Japan!

The University of Kansas Department of Music and Dance presents a lecture and concert featuring modern and classical Japanese musical works on Thursday, September 27, at 7:30pm in Swarthout Recital Hall.

The Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum are jointly organising an exhibition, entitled Illustrated Japanese Books from the 17th to the 20th century to be held in the Van Gogh Museum from 12 October.

This fall, the Seattle Art Museum showcases the splendid exhibition Japan Envisions the West: 16th -19th Century Japanese Art from Kobe City Museum, which will be presented in two parts, Part I: Oct. 11 through Nov. 25, 2007 and Part II: Dec. 1, 2007 through Jan. 6, 2008.

One of Japan’s most highly regarded lacquer artists is the subject of the exhibition “The Genius of Shibata Zeshin: Japanese Masterworks from the Catherine and Thomas Edson Collection.” Opening October 13 at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA), this exhibition features fifty-seven of Zeshin’s works from the largest and finest privately held collection in the United States.

The Saint Louis Art Museum announces the August 24 opening of Feline Impressions, an exhibition of eight fascinating works that explore the meanings some of the world's greatest printmakers have given to members of the feline family over the past five centuries.

The kimono, the national dress of Japan, is celebrated worldwide for its elegant, distinctive silhouette. Though quintessentially Japanese, the kimono form has influenced fashion designers in every corner of the globe. In Spring 2008 the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco and Modernism in Japan.