A new exhibition dedicated to Hiroshige at the British Museum introduces visitors to the full depth and complexity of his ...

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Japanese artist Katsushika ...

“Bird and Blossom” highlights the evolution of prints in Japan from the Edo and Meiji eras into the twentieth century. Defining the 19th century of Japan, the Edo and Meiji periods gave birth to the ...

Celebrating the ‘Floating World’ More than 70 works dating back to 17th-century Japan — including woodblock prints, paintings ...

Rain. You forgot your umbrella. That’s what’s happening in this Japanese woodblock print — only it’s Tokyo (then called Edo), the year is 1857, and we’re crossing the Sumida River.

These five masterpieces capture the very essence of the transformations that have shaped Japan's visual identity, from the ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers ... line up one of Eisen’s or Hiroshige’s prints with the real thing. In Hiroshige’s ...

The over 50 works on display, created from the 1700s to the 1900s by Japanese artists, show the lingering power of woodblock print art and the stories that the art represents, which continue to ...

Tech icon Steve Jobs was fascinated by Japanese culture, and was particularly passionate about shin-hanga woodblock prints. Interviews with former colleagues and friends reveal that his lifelong ...

Hannah Walhout is a senior editor at Travel + Leisure, where she edits the Discoveries section of the print magazine and ... In the 1830s, at the tail end of Japan’s flourishing Edo Period ...