En Iwamura's playful, wistful sculptures reference the historical nature of masks while reflecting their role in our ...

Set in an ancient Chinese-inspired imperial court ... Lakan takes Fengxian as his wife in a high-profile manner. Maomao dolls herself up and performs a traditional courtesan dance to honor ...

Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian’s Mayfair branch in London showcases the Japanese polymathic artist in remix mode as he updates important pieces from his country’s artistic ...

The sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a priceless heirloom from the 12th century.

The Art, Design & Architecture Museum presents “A Tale of Sea Wanderers,” the largest collection of Tomiyama’s work outside ...

Ancient 'Flat Clay Man' Tablet With Holes Intrigues Researchers, Believe It Depicts a Woman and Was Used During Rituals Researchers have found a clay tablet named Doban-kun near the Ōyu Stone Circles.

He and his colleague Wu Xiujie, a senior professor from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, now suggest it may be time to formally recognize a previously unknown ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma — About 10,000 old Japanese daruma dolls were ritually burned during a memorial service for the good-luck talisman figures, which represent the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, in Takasaki, ...

Chinkoro dolls in the shapes of a dog and a rabbit are seen in Sanjo ... Indonesia Launches Free School Meal Program with Support from Japan; Ishiba Currying Favor with New President Japan’s Nissan ...

Japan’s indigenous religion, worship Kami – gods believed to inhabit the natural world – and the Kumano region is considered to be home to a particularly large number. Walking the ancient ...

On May Day - a festival of ancient origins that shares a date with International Workers' Day - the youths of the village garb themselves in daisies, erect huge candy-striped maypoles, and dance ...

The Sterkfontein excavation site, which exposes the ancient deposits that once formed underground and contain Australopithecus fossils. The fossil-bearing red sediments clearly contrast with the grey ...