The Murase Travel Fund, generously supported by alumni and friends of the program in East Asian art history, provides opportunities for seminar field trips at least once a semester, along with access to the abundant resources for study at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other local private collections.
Cleveland Museum of Art: Japanese Art within the Chinese Cultural Sphere, May 2026
Boston Museum of Fine Art and Harvard Art Museums, Japanese Art within the Chinese Cultural Sphere, Mar. 2026
New York Public Library Rare Books and Special Collections, Painting in 16th c. Japan, Nov. 2025
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Chinese Painting Connoisseurship, Mar. 2025
Cleveland Museum of Art: Muromachi Ink Painting Seminar, Mar. 2024
National Museum of Asian Art: Genre Painting Seminar, Oct. 2024
Freer Gallery of Art: Muromachi Ink Painting Seminar, Mar. 2024
Leighton Longhi, Japanese Art: Edo Painting Seminar, Nov. 2017
Metropolitan Museum: Calligraphy in East Asia, Nov. 2017
Metropolitan Museum: Ink Painting in East Asia, Nov. 2016
Burke Collection: Arts of the Momoyama Period, Feb. 2014
Freer Gallery of Art: Rimpa Seminar, Oct. 2011
Freer Gallery of Art: Muromachi Ink Painting Seminar, Mar. 2009
Former students of Professor Murase gather at the home of Joan Mirviss in April 2010 to launch the Miyeko Murase Travel Fund. Professor Murase seated at far right.