Published for the Hope College Kruizenga Art Museum in conjunction with the exhibition, "From Beyond the Stars: Innovation and Inspiration in Meiji Japanese Art," August 29 - December 16, 2017, this catalog explores some of the major new developments that occurred in Japanese art during the Meiji period (1868-1912) and reveals how art contributed to the larger political, social and economic changes that transformed Japan into a modern world power at that time. The catalog features 66 works of art spanning a wide range of media, from paintings, prints and photographs to ceramics, enamels, metalworks and textiles. The artworks in the catalog come from the Kruizenga Art Museum collection and a consortium of private collections in California. Photographs, text and design copyright 2017 Hope College and Tom Wagner, no reproduction or use of any material, in whole or in part, without the written permission of Hope College.