WILLIAMSTOWN — The curator of a new exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints is asking you to take deep look with him at two significant strains of artistic evolution taking place within the genre ...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), c. 1850. (credit: Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art) In Hiroshige’s woodblock print, a scene from the masterpiece, Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, ...

Traditional Japanese woodblock prints (mokuhanga) were, until the beginning of the last century, generally disdained as merely mass-produced commodities that were as likely to be used as wrapping ...

The ancient art of bamboo weaving is under threat in Japan. But new interest from the West has offered a lifeline to this intricate craft.

All of the mostly 19th-century ukiyo-e woodblock prints that are reproduced in Thompson’s book come from the MFA’s collection.Tattoos in Japanese Prints focuses on how tattoos are portrayed in ...

Join us at Art House 7 to learn the method of Traditional Japanese Woodblock printmaking - Mokuhanga. This technique uses non-toxic, water-based inks and wooden plates. Mokuhanga has several ...

The great Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige are so influential, and so beautiful, you never need any excuse to see them. "Japanese Impressions" at ...

Shin-hanga, translated as 'new prints', emerged in Japan between the Taisho (1912-1926) and Showa (1926-1989) eras as an innovative art movement that brought together artists, carvers and printers ...

Star Wars Celebration Japan runs from April 18 through to April 20, 2025–while we don’t know which art will adorn which badge yet, select tickets are still available. Want more io9 news?

The ancient art of bamboo weaving is under threat in Japan. But new interest from the West has offered a lifeline to this intricate craft.