Meanwhile, in his famous Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889), from the Courtauld Gallery in London, he included his favourite Japanese ‘crépon’ (ie a print on wrinkled paper, like crêpe ...

Hokusai brought to life a monumental wave that would become a worldwide icon. Behind this print lies a history of artistic ...

In this series the prints are vertically oriented ... The tops of the inner boxes are decorated with a pastel-patterned Japanese paper. Tōkaidō gojūsantsugi zukan (Illustrated Book of the Fifty-three ...

Ahead of TEFAF Maastricht, Tamio Ikeda, of the Paris gallery Tanakaya, shares the complex history behind the woodblock print, and how mutual admiration may have saved it. By Vivian Morelli ...

Kimura Kōsuke (b. 1936), Present Situation (Framing B) (detail), Japan, Shōwa era, 1971, screenprint and lithograph; ink on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, Purchase and ...

The woodblock prints on paper — created by four-person teams ... but daily life could be quite pleasurable for certain classes of Japanese. Many of these prints depict picnics, festivals ...

HAMILTON — A Beverly artist who specializes in Japanese-style fish prints is showcasing more than 20 original works of art at the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library. Peter Concannon’s fish prints ...

Selected from the Portland Art Museum’s permanent collection, the exhibition “Human|Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Prints” explores Japan’s journey with and through nature during the 19th ...

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 ...