Art, Life, Japan
And everything in-between
YUMEJI MODERN: DESIGNING THE EVERYDAY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPAN (PART 2)
Book talk by Nozomi Naoi
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YUMEJI MODERN: DESIGNING THE EVERYDAY IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY JAPAN (PART 1)
Book talk by Nozomi Naoi
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KIYOSHI SAITO: GRAPHIC AWAKENING
JASA sponsored lecture on Kiyoshi Saito presented by Dr. Rhiannon Paget
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JORYŪ HANGA KYŌKAI, 1956–1965
JASA sponsored lecture on Japan's Women Printmakers presented by Dr. Jeannie Kenmotsu
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YOU CAN NOW STAY THE NIGHT AT A JAPANESE CASTLE IN NAGASAKI
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20 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN JAPAN
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HOW THE GREAT WAVE INSPIRED STARRY NIGHT
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SOME JAPANESE BEACHES HAVE STAR-SHAPED SAND
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THE BAKEMONO ZUKUSHI "MONSTER" SCROLL (18TH–19TH CENTURY)
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KOBAYASHI KIYOCHIKA'S CARTOONS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR (1904–5)
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JAPANESE FIREMEN’S COATS (19TH CENTURY)
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HOKUSAI'S GHOST STORIES (CA. 1830)
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EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT YOKAI
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KAWANABLE KYŌSAI’S NIGHT PARADE OF ONE HUNDRED DEMONS (1890)
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THE MET’S JAPANESE ART COLLECTION AVAILABLE ONLINE
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A DREAMLIKE JAPAN IN ARTIST’S COLLAGES
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BRITISH MUSEUM ACQUIRES 103 RECENTLY RESURFACED, HOKUSAI DRAWINGS
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HOKUSAI‘S ENCYCLOPAEDIC MANGA PROJECT
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MARTIN SCORSESE AS VAN GOGH IN A SHORT, SURREAL FILM BY AKIRA KUROSAWA
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60 MINUTES EXPLORES THE WORLD OF KABUKI
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A GIFT OF JAPANESE ART
The MET, Freer and Sackler, and Portland Art Museum will receive 550 Japanese Artworks!
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400 YAERS LATER KABUKI KEEPS ITS APPEAL
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JAPANESE PASSPORTS USE UKIYO-E FOR MAXIUM PROTECTION
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SCULPTORS CARVE OUT SPACE FOR THEIR ART IN JAPAN
Important works popping up throughout Japan
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ANATOMY IN 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE PRINTS
Illustrating the inner workings of the human body
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HOW TO MOVE A MASTERPIECE
Interesting article about shipping art and the many pitfalls one might encounter.
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DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF 213,000+ JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS
An amazing resource for collectors and scholars.
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A DEEPER LOOK INTO THIS FASCINATING WORLD OF HARUKI MURAKAMI
The dark places this writer encounters.
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CHEMICAL BROTHERS, THE CURE, SIA, AND MORE AT FUJI ROCK ‘19
This line-up is getting hot!
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THE 100 RESTAURANTS IN TOKYO YOU MUST TRY
From cheap eats to Michelin-starred stalwarts.
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ONE OF JAPAN’S MASTER PRINTMAKERS
Watch a British Museum produced video on one of Japan’s most important living printmakers.
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RARE FILM FOOTAGE OF 1929 KYOTO
Newsreel featuring actual sound footage of Japanese city life at that time.
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LIKE FIREWORKS AS DESIGN MOTIFS?
Free download of hundreds of Japanese illustrations of fireworks from the 1800s.
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REMEMBERING LILLIAN MILLER
The Pioneering Woodblock Artist Caught Between East and West.
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JAPAN THROUGH THE EYES OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
The famed architect’s photographs from his first trip to Japan.
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CONVERSATION WITH TWO TOP HASUI COLLECTORS
Rene and Carolyn Balcer discuss the ins and outs of collecting Hasui.
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