3. Have a go at cloud pruning Pruning is a key feature of Japanese gardens. Cloud pruning is a method you often see in English topiary, but one that rings true to Japanese gardens the most.

The crane is among the most popular origami figures featured in Japanese weddings. It symbolizes longevity and good fortune. Traditionally, folding 1,000 cranes is believed to bring eternal happiness ...

Color plays an important role in conveying visual information, but the language we use to express what we see is limited. Recent studies show that color terms used in Japanese also change over time.

Most of the prints in “Fields of Color: The Art of Japanese Printmaking” represent the “ukiyo-e” style that was prevalent from the 17th century through the early 20th century.

Entirely unheralded by preliminary announcements, unexploited in any way, the exhibition of Japanese paintings and color prints, now opened at the galleries of the Fine Arts Society, in West Fifty ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Japanese Garden is in peak fall color! Staff at the garden, which recently celebrated its 60th year, say most of the landscape is showing beautiful color, including ...