This striking limited-edition lithograph by Miharu Lane blends traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern printmaking, featuring an elegant Meiji-era figure framed by lush patterns, symbolic motifs, and saturated color. Signed and numbered 10/275, this beautifully preserved work was produced in collaboration with Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery) and represents Lane at her most poetic, refined, and collectible.
“In a Day of Meiji” is a richly colored, meticulously crafted lithograph that celebrates the refinement, symbolism, and cultural elegance of Japan’s Meiji period. Lane centers her composition on a contemplative woman dressed in an intricately patterned kimono, seated near a shoji screen that opens onto a stylized landscape of pines and distant mountains. The palette—burnished gold, maroon, emerald, indigo, and jet black—evokes both the decorative opulence of Meiji textiles and the clarity of contemporary graphic art.
The composition’s tall, scroll-like format recalls traditional Japanese hanging scrolls, while the flat, bold color fields and crisp black linework root the piece firmly in modernist printmaking. Gold cloud forms drift across the upper register, while a graceful crane near the forefront introduces themes of longevity and auspicious fortune. Lane’s technical command is evident in the smooth pigment layers, controlled edges, and harmonious balance between pattern, gesture, and narrative stillness.
Hand-signed by the artist and numbered 10/275, the work remains in excellent vintage condition and is a quintessential example of Lane’s fusion of Japanese visual heritage with modern American studio craft.
Miharu Lane (born 1948) is a Japanese-American painter, printmaker, and educator celebrated for her synthesis of traditional Japanese visual culture and contemporary American fine-art printmaking. Her work is distinguished by saturated color, elegant figuration, intricate patterning, and symbolic imagery drawn from her heritage—geisha, cranes, kimono textiles, cloud forms, and stylized landscapes—woven into modern compositions that resonate across cultures.
Born in Japan and later based in the United States, Lane studied at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the California College of the Arts before completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at East Stroudsburg University and a Master of Fine Arts at Marywood University. This broad academic foundation shaped her mastery of drawing, painting, serigraphy, and lithography.
Lane first gained broader attention in the mid-1970s during the International Women’s Art Festival Slide Exhibition, a pivotal moment for emerging women artists. Her work soon entered major fine-art publishing channels, including Fine Arts 260, the Collector’s Guild, New York Graphics Society, the Original Print Collector’s Group, and Art Spectrum. Through these collaborations, her limited-edition prints reached collectors throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Lane later became a professor of art at East Stroudsburg University, where she taught painting, printmaking, design, and drawing for more than fifteen years. Awarded multiple research grants, she developed major series on seascapes, landscapes, plein-air painting, and innovative silkscreen methods. Her work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Allentown Art Museum, Synagogue for the Arts in Tribeca, university galleries, and national parks.
Today she holds Professor Emerita status, continuing to paint and exhibit while her early limited-edition prints grow increasingly desirable among collectors of cross-cultural modern graphics and women printmakers of the 20th century. “In a Day of Meiji” remains one of her most iconic and sought-after compositions.
Miharu Lane, In a Day of Meiji, c.1970s, hand-pulled color lithograph, 12×28 in., signed in graphite and numbered 10/275. Vibrant Japanese-inspired composition with exceptional color. Excellent condition. Provenance: Art Spectrum/Mitch Morse Gallery; Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC.
Artist: Miharu Lane (Japanese-American, b.1948)
Title:In a Day of Meiji
Medium: Hand-pulled color lithograph
Dimensions: 12 × 28 inches
Edition: 10/275
Signature: Hand-signed in graphite
Date: c.1970s
Condition: Excellent vintage condition; strong color retention; never framed or displayed
Provenance:
– Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery), New York
– Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner)
This document certifies the authenticity and value of the above lithograph by Miharu Lane.
Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery), New York, NY
→ Private Gallery Holdings (United States & Europe)
→ Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner)
Miharu Lane’s “In a Day of Meiji” is a luminous hand-pulled lithograph blending traditional Japanese motifs with modern artistry. Signed and numbered 10/275, this richly colored and exquisitely patterned work remains one of Lane’s most celebrated cross-cultural compositions.
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This striking limited-edition lithograph by Miharu Lane blends traditional Japanese aesthetics with modern printmaking, featuring an elegant Meiji-era figure framed by lush patterns, symbolic motifs, and saturated color. Signed and numbered 10/275, this beautifully preserved work was produced in collaboration with Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery) and represents Lane at her most poetic, refined, and collectible.
“In a Day of Meiji” is a richly colored, meticulously crafted lithograph that celebrates the refinement, symbolism, and cultural elegance of Japan’s Meiji period. Lane centers her composition on a contemplative woman dressed in an intricately patterned kimono, seated near a shoji screen that opens onto a stylized landscape of pines and distant mountains. The palette—burnished gold, maroon, emerald, indigo, and jet black—evokes both the decorative opulence of Meiji textiles and the clarity of contemporary graphic art.
The composition’s tall, scroll-like format recalls traditional Japanese hanging scrolls, while the flat, bold color fields and crisp black linework root the piece firmly in modernist printmaking. Gold cloud forms drift across the upper register, while a graceful crane near the forefront introduces themes of longevity and auspicious fortune. Lane’s technical command is evident in the smooth pigment layers, controlled edges, and harmonious balance between pattern, gesture, and narrative stillness.
Hand-signed by the artist and numbered 10/275, the work remains in excellent vintage condition and is a quintessential example of Lane’s fusion of Japanese visual heritage with modern American studio craft.
Miharu Lane (born 1948) is a Japanese-American painter, printmaker, and educator celebrated for her synthesis of traditional Japanese visual culture and contemporary American fine-art printmaking. Her work is distinguished by saturated color, elegant figuration, intricate patterning, and symbolic imagery drawn from her heritage—geisha, cranes, kimono textiles, cloud forms, and stylized landscapes—woven into modern compositions that resonate across cultures.
Born in Japan and later based in the United States, Lane studied at Virginia Commonwealth University, the Maryland Institute College of Art, and the California College of the Arts before completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts at East Stroudsburg University and a Master of Fine Arts at Marywood University. This broad academic foundation shaped her mastery of drawing, painting, serigraphy, and lithography.
Lane first gained broader attention in the mid-1970s during the International Women’s Art Festival Slide Exhibition, a pivotal moment for emerging women artists. Her work soon entered major fine-art publishing channels, including Fine Arts 260, the Collector’s Guild, New York Graphics Society, the Original Print Collector’s Group, and Art Spectrum. Through these collaborations, her limited-edition prints reached collectors throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Lane later became a professor of art at East Stroudsburg University, where she taught painting, printmaking, design, and drawing for more than fifteen years. Awarded multiple research grants, she developed major series on seascapes, landscapes, plein-air painting, and innovative silkscreen methods. Her work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, the Allentown Art Museum, Synagogue for the Arts in Tribeca, university galleries, and national parks.
Today she holds Professor Emerita status, continuing to paint and exhibit while her early limited-edition prints grow increasingly desirable among collectors of cross-cultural modern graphics and women printmakers of the 20th century. “In a Day of Meiji” remains one of her most iconic and sought-after compositions.
Miharu Lane, In a Day of Meiji, c.1970s, hand-pulled color lithograph, 12×28 in., signed in graphite and numbered 10/275. Vibrant Japanese-inspired composition with exceptional color. Excellent condition. Provenance: Art Spectrum/Mitch Morse Gallery; Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC.
Artist: Miharu Lane (Japanese-American, b.1948)
Title:In a Day of Meiji
Medium: Hand-pulled color lithograph
Dimensions: 12 × 28 inches
Edition: 10/275
Signature: Hand-signed in graphite
Date: c.1970s
Condition: Excellent vintage condition; strong color retention; never framed or displayed
Provenance:
– Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery), New York
– Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner)
This document certifies the authenticity and value of the above lithograph by Miharu Lane.
Art Spectrum (Mitch Morse Gallery), New York, NY
→ Private Gallery Holdings (United States & Europe)
→ Artfind Gallery, Washington, DC (current owner)
Miharu Lane’s “In a Day of Meiji” is a luminous hand-pulled lithograph blending traditional Japanese motifs with modern artistry. Signed and numbered 10/275, this richly colored and exquisitely patterned work remains one of Lane’s most celebrated cross-cultural compositions.
#artfindgallery #miharulane #japaneseart #japonisme #lithograph #womenartists #modernprintmaking #asianart #meijiperiod #collectibleart
