The Yōkai drawings inspired the Impressionist artists as well as the cartoons and video games that we interact with today. Read more here.

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Earthquake-proof joinery, 10-micrometre-thin wood shavings and a scale model of Kyoto's Sa-an Teahouse are on display at ...

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art debuted “Bird and Blossom,” an exhibition of woodblock prints depicting simple ...

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(Bloomberg) -- A spate of unusually large block trades in Japanese trading houses and insurers has put investors on edge in Tokyo. There have been at least six block trades in Mitsui & Co. shares ...

TACOMA, Wash. — When the Tacoma Art Museum needed someone to guest curate "Echoes of the Floating World," an exhibition about the influence of Japanese Ukiyo-e, or woodblock art, they found their man ...

The intricate handle engravings harken to classic Japanese woodblock prints, namely Hokusai’s The Great Wave off Kanagawa. Closeup of two Prometheus Design Werx SPD X CRK Sebenza 31 knives on climbing ...

Spirit of the Beehive, Hank Azaria as Springsteen, Happy and Gay, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid screens, and Science shows a ...

Kawase Hasui, Komagata Embankment from the series Twelve Scenes of Tokyo, 1919; Woodblock print, 26.3 x 39 cm. Courtesy Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints In all, twenty-seven dealers and galleries ...

As Japan sees record-breaking numbers of foreign visitors, regional cities — in addition to major tourist destinations — are grappling with an unexpected surge in travelers. Social media has ...