IN 1911 the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Tokyo—among the oldest in the world, established in 1673 as a kimono fabric shop—sponsored a much anticipated and lucrative competition for an artwork that ...
Merchants get into the spirit of the Ebisu-kō festival in a print by Yōshū Chikanobu depicting annual events in Edo. (Courtesy National Diet Library) Despite his lucky image, Ebisu had a murky ...
Opening at Watts Gallery on 19 March, Edo Pop is an exhibition of 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints from the private collection of art historian and writer, Frank Milner.