One of the most-told stories about 19th-century art recounts how prints from Japan, suddenly available in the West after the country was wrenched open in the 1850s, profoundly altered European ...

A pivotal moment in Japanese printmaking history, the artists associated with the mid-20 th century modern print movement broke with centuries of rigid tradition and embraced the flexibility and ...

There are two figures. One is feminine, the other is masculine. The masculine figure seems to be farther away because he is much smaller and higher in the image. The feminine figure takes up about a ...

What started as a collector’s joy has become one of the most important contemporary Japanese print galleries in the world. The private collection has been on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of ...

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 ...

An intriguing exhibition of Japanese artists’ books co-curated by three Sonoma residents is being featured at Sonoma Valley ...

Most artists, when they're in need of supplies, go to the craft store to pick up paints, brushes and the like.