You probably know what an ukiyo-e print looks like, even if you don’t recognize the term. “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai is a familiar image around the world, a premier example of ...
In the Japanese Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, a retrospective of Munakata Shiko (1903-1975) surveys an unusual career characterized by a mighty struggle to invest new life into a ...
During the Edo period (1603-1868), the government of Japan ruled its people through a strictly enforced social hierarchy. Within this structure, most forms of self-expression were banned entirely or ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — The curator of a new exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints is asking you to take deep look with him at two significant strains of artistic evolution taking place within the genre ...
"Each block is made from 100 year old mountain cherry." This isn't a new video to enjoy, but it's certainly worth watching anyway and might inspire artistic minds. Thanks to recent "unintentional ASMR ...
Credit: Toyohara Kunichika / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC: The Pearl and Seymour Moskowitz Collection, S2021.5.339a-c To inaugurate a new gallery devoted entirely ...
INO, Kochi Prefecture--In a town famed for its production of traditional Japanese “washi” since the Heian Period (794-1185), the president of a printing company based here knows a lot about paper. Ryo ...
An intriguing exhibition of Japanese artists’ books co-curated by three Sonoma residents is being featured at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art through Sunday, April 27. What: An exhibition of approximately ...
You probably know what an ukiyo-e print looks like, even if you don’t recognize the term. “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai is a familiar image around the world, a premier example of ...