Often brightly colored and meticulously detailed, woodblock prints gained initial prominence in Japan as an accessible artform during the Edo Period (1603-1868). Prints made during this period are ...

According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

Through 140 masterworks of paintings, woodblock prints, and books ... oneself in the pleasure quarters and theater districts of Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka that captivated the popular imagination of Japan ...

Hokusai: Another Story In Tokyo' marks the latest in a series of immersive attractions that have sprung up in the Japanese ...

One of the most-told stories about 19th-century art recounts how prints from Japan, suddenly available ... the National Museum of Asian Art. Where Edo period (1603-1868) woodblocks were drawn ...

Please see our Japan Resource Center page for full details. TEA offers a collection of 30 late-Edo period (1800-1850s) woodblock prints for instructional use to educators at all levels. See sample ...

G-shock explore Japanese art that dates back to the 18th century and 19th century. The post G-Shock celebrates Japanese art with new limited-edition watches appeared first on The Manual.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is known for its many gardens, sprawling acres of land and conservatory where plants flourish all year round. The Arboretum is also a great place to check out ...

Interest has spread among Japanese since Tsutaya Juzaburo (1750-1797), a publisher in the Edo Period known as Tsutaju ... for old books and ukiyo-e woodblock prints every week, hoping to find ...

The Hokusai exhibition, which runs from Saturday to June 1 at Tokyu Plaza Shibuya, follows other tech-driven, immersive art ...

High-Tech Spin for Samurai-Era Ukiyo-E Artist Hokusai at Tokyo Exhibit By Irene Wang and Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - Visitors can step back in time to ... master of Edo Period woodblock art.