In his new book, John Fiorillo partly lifts the veil on Shunbaisai Hokuei, who dominated the ukiyo-e art world in the ...

Kim Foley MacKinnon’s new book “100 Things to Do in Massachusetts Before You Die” offers 100 must-do places to see or ...

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 ...

A frog holding a taro-leaf umbrella. A parade of frolicking animals. An Ukiyo-e style Mount Fuji. Giant waves. A Japanese artist who goes by the name Lito carves these delicate designs on fallen ...

There’s an element of voyeurism in the Japanese art of ukiyo-e. You get that feeling you’re glimpsing into another world, says Sydney-based artist Cressida Campbell. Her work is influenced by ...

Pitched by Sakana AI, a Japanese startup firm founded by former Google engineers, Evo-Ukiyoe was created by scanning those 24,038 ukiyo-e.

Japan left as indelible a mark on the world of publishing and art as Tsutaya Juzaburo (1750–1797). A masterful entrepreneu ...

"Senju waterfall, Akame" Kawase Hasui (1951) Shin-hanga The shin-hanga movement started in the early 20th century as a domestic effort to revive the ukiyo-e tradition of woodblock prints and painting.

The London Original Print Fair is of generally good quality – more consistent, for example, than the London Art Fair. Here, ...

Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in an new Tokyo exhibition that uses cutting-edge technology to bring to life the work of iconic artist Hokusai. "Hokusai: Another Story in ...