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 new groundbreaking exhibition in Tokyo features iconic works by the legendary Japanese woodblock print artist Katsushika ...

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 ...

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 ...

Katsutoshi Yuasa (Japanese, b.1978) is a Tokyo-born artist, best-known for his large, detailed woodcuts based on photographs. He received a BA in Fine Art, painting, and printmaking from Musashino Art ...

The Atelier Grognard in Rueil-Malmaison also promises a plunge into Japanese culture, with an exhibition of some 50 objects ...