A mechanical sea creature in flight, a black cat garbed in a kimono and butterfly flitting through a garden all leap out on the screen. Is there an upcoming ukiyo-e artist adding a 21st-century flair ...
When you hear about a recent Japanese social trend called “ojisan ninki” (middle-aged man hype) that’s getting really hot, it doesn’t mean that the nation’s female population is suddenly swooning over ...
Japanese woodblock prints had a major influence on the development of European modern painting. Ukiyo-e continue to be extremely popular around the world, but few people know much about the original ...
Two visitors take photos of The Meeting Ukiyo-e: a Floating World of Edo City exhibition in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Courtesy of Chang Jing Visitors take photos of The Meeting Ukiyo-e: a Floating ...
The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints has reproduced around 1,200 masterpieces by artists such as Hokusai and Utamaro. Brigitte Koyama-Richard, a researcher in Japanese fine arts from France, visited ...
A massive wave threatens to engulf three fishing boats, its foam crown extending like claws, menacing the rowers below. It’s an epic scene of human struggle and ...
Chōbunsai Eishi, “Woman Writing a Poem on a Fan” (1789/1801), Weston Collection (all images courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago) Wherever the middle class rises, it brings art down to earth: it’s ...
Arranged from its extensive collection of ukiyo-e prints, the Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum’s special summer exhibition, is organized in three parts: part one, “Specters” (July 1-27) — stories of ...
The idea for the smart, complex and challenging exhibition “From Ukiyo-e to Photography” at the Edo-Tokyo Museum started from the discovery of two images. One is a photograph of the Meiji-Era ...
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