also studied these woodblock compositions. Alfred Barr, the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, put “Japanese Prints” at the very top of his famous genealogy of “Cubism and Abstract ...

“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 ...

The following special exhibitions are on view at area museums. For a complete list of all permanent, indefinite and long-term ...

Last week, two prints of Hokusai’s The Great Wave fetched over $800,000 each at auction in New York. Both Christie’s and Bonhams sold a print of the iconic ukiyo-e seascape in sales that coincided ...

Designers from Kara Adam Interiors, Joshua Rice Design, Amy's Interiors, Harmen Designs and Bridges Brown Interiors share ...

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

Joichi Hoshi was a Japanese ... woodblock process. Born in 1913 in Niigata, Japan, Hoshi began his artistic career after working as an elementary school teacher in Taiwan for several years. He later ...

Your one-stop-shop for art supplies in Tokyo, eight-floor Bumpodo. Jimbocho boasts many stores selling woodblock prints, as well as other forms of Japanese art, some original and quite pricey ...

Experience authentic traditional culture that has been passed down since the Edo period (1603–1868) in the Nihonbashi area, ...