Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

All of these factors converged in Edo, leading to nearly 200 fires and approximately 50 "great fires" over the course of the ...

For both adults and children, there's nothing more uplifting than walking into your room to find a towel folded into the ...

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

KYOTO--A special exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of Gucci’s arrival in Japan is now under way at the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art here. “Gucci Cosmos,” which runs until ...

Higashiyama was a contemporary of Yasushi Sugiyama, Togyū Okumura, and Maeda Seison. Throughout his career, he was honored with the Japan Art Academy Prize, the Order of Culture, the Mainichi Art ...

Asia Society Japan is thrilled to have Richard Fontaine, CEO of CNAS and co-author of Lost Decade: The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power, to guide us on a deep dive into the heart of ...

Shunga – Japanese erotic art – depicts a world awash with sex ... Another word for shunga is warai-e (‘laughing pictures’) and many are clearly meant to be funny. They give a fresh outlook on Japan – ...