The Japanese have long revered their natural landscape. Its beauty has been a central focus in Japanese culture, as has its power. All of this is rooted in the belief that supernatural forces and ...

‘Rising Sun, Falling Rain’ features over 80 ukiyo-e masterworks from the Edo Period, including landscapes by Hiroshige and Hokusai. On view through November 30. The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has ...

The East Asian tradition of woodblock printing on paper dates from roughly the 7th century in China, and it spread soon thereafter to the Korean peninsula and Japan. This workshop will provide an ...

History and Significance -- Tools and Materials for Printing -- Washi, Japanese Handmade Paper -- Creating a Print Step by Step -- New Directions in Mokuhanga -- Appendix 1: Suppliers and Supplies -- ...

Inspired by our Tsuruya Kōkei: Modern Kabuki Prints Revised & Revisited exhibition, join us for a three-class series to learn the art and skill of creating block prints. Participants will create a ...

Less influenced by the scientific agenda of classification than their Western contemporaries, these artists were free to employ the traditional techniques developed in Japanese woodblock ateliers to ...

Fishermen with their morning catch, travelers on a tree-lined path beneath Mount Fuji, intrepid tea house proprietors beckoning business — an exhibit at Southern Vermont Arts Center this winter offers ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Japanese Garden is debuting its first exhibition of the year, featuring artists from Portland, Japan, and across the country. The exhibit, opening this weekend, is ...

"Each block is made from 100 year old mountain cherry." This isn't a new video to enjoy, but it's certainly worth watching anyway and might inspire artistic minds. Thanks to recent "unintentional ASMR ...

Also among familiar highlights in the Oberlin show are Utagawa Hiroshige’s famous images of a flowering plum tree under a blushing red sunset sky, and of peasants in conical straw hats crossing Ohashi ...