SONOMA, Calif. (KGO) -- In her Sonoma home, artist Maki Aizawa holds a broken plate. "When something breaks, we tend to throw it away," she said. "But we don't have to throw it away and don't have to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Flowers are the universal language of love in cultures around the world. “Flowers have power. Sharing ...

Each of these Japanese art forms has been passed down for generations.From amezaiku, which is candy, and sampuru, which are fake food samples, to wagasa umbrellas, calligraphy brushes, longbows, and ...

A detail from "The Battle of Imjin River," a hand-painted cotton banner used for festivals and performances, made in 1888. The exhibition, "Japan: Form & Function," fills the Crow Museum of Asian Art ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Kintsugi is the centuries-old Japanese art ...

Kawaguchi City, located just north of Tokyo and easily accessible from the city center, is home to a 400-year tradition of bonsai and horticultural culture known as "Chitose Midori." This rare ...

This sale is curated to demonstrate the wide and varied scope of Japanese art forms: From the tiny and exquisite wearable art of a wooden netsuke to the full-sized scenery depicted on multi-panel ...

While collegiate flirting usually consists of recycled Comedy Central jokes and (barely) politically correct comments about our less-than-perfect friends and lovers, the Japanese literati of the Edo ...

An exhibition in Washington, DC examines how Japanese artists and designers adopted Art Deco to capture the seductive qualities of a rapidly modernizing society. The roughly 200 objects on view ...

Flowers are the universal language of love in cultures around the world. “Flowers have power. Sharing arrangements of flowers shows our love,” says Carolyn Alter, Certified Associate 1 st Term Master, ...