Japanese Yokai art provides an intriguing window into the country's amazing folklore, embodying the spirit of mythical ...

Bravery, drunkenness and murder are vividly represented at the Smithsonian Institution’s Arthur M. Sackler Gallery where a small but theatrical exhibition focuses on one of Japan’s best known ...

Where Edo period (1603-1868) woodblocks were drawn, engraved and printed separately by multiple artists and artisans, all the steps to make a sosaku hanga print were the responsibility of the ...

These delicate yet powerfully evocative images are the fullest expression of the Edo period (1603 to 1868), when the Japanese aesthetic focus on art and natural beauty achieved full flower.

A newly discovered pair of painted folding screens have been confirmed to be the joint work of renowned Edo Period artists Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) and Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795).

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn new exhibit, “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World,” has art never before been seen in the U.S.

‘Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World’ exhibit at Cleve Carney Museum of Art dives into Japan’s Edo period Centered on the extraordinary appeal of “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” by ...

For the most part, the Edo Period, named after the Shogun's capital that became Tokyo, was one of peace and prosperity after a chaotic time of weak emperors and feudal warlords.