These scenes epitomize his attack on post-1854 Japanese society: In the era of rapid change, chaos was king, few seemed to know what was going on, and Western culture spread like a virus. Images ...

Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists, has used AI to recreate Iwasa Matabei’s famous 17th-century epic gold leaf painting ‘Rakuchu Rakugai Zu Byobu’ — with ...

The rooms are designed in a modern Japanese style, and the water from its onsen is so pristine you can actually drink it.” (Rooms from about $230 a night.) — Yusuke Takada ...

Comprising loans and promised gifts from a single private collection as well as items from the museum’s Japanese and costume collections, “Kimono Style” also includes such non-kimono ...