This time, we want you to look at a mid-19th-century print by Utagawa Hiroshige of Japan: “Great Bridge: Sudden Rain at Atake ...

“I knew they were something,” Christina Kean says about the three Japanese woodblock prints she came across about a year ago in a thrift store. “I found them in a loose bin of art,” she ...

In the last of the Plant Journeys blog series, researcher Dr Minna Törmä explores Hornel’s collection of kimono pattern books ...

It's a bit like Japanese woodblock prints in the past, which were taken abroad where they were more appreciated, before being bought back by Japan," he said. His country, he laments, "is slow to ...

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throughout Japanese history, from traditional woodblock prints to contemporary interpretations through picture scrolls, multi-coloured Japanese woodblock print, books as well as a diverse range of ...

From delicate textiles to intricate metalwork, its artisan workshops are bastions of skill and dedication. These five ...

Thatched roofs were once a common sight in the Japanese countryside, but they started to disappear in the 1950s, when people began migrating en masse to the cities. You can still see them in ...

LAHORE: The Japan Foundation’s highly anticipated exhibition, “Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan,” opened at the ...

Japan's population is in freefall, with fewer babies born, more elderly in the workforce, and a shrinking number of residents overall. The country faces a demographic crisis that policymakers fear ...

Jane Skingley is exhibiting her new abstract collection of paintings at The Other Art Fair run by Saatchi Art.

The exhibition features 84 artworks and focuses on the “popularisation” of imaginary monsters from the country's folklore.