We spoke to Yamazaki Taeko, director of Tokyo’s leading museum of the genre of Japanese painting known as nihonga, about efforts to make this distinctive art form better known to modern ...

Exploring the art of nihonga – the traditional Japanese painting style being kept alive at Hong Kong’s Fringe Club STORY Lee Hill-choi Oct 25 , 2019 ...

Inspired by the nihonga school, her work has been exhibited at home and abroad. We caught up with her to discuss the origins of her art style, how she empathises with her characters, and how she's ...

Matazo Kayama was a Japanese artist known for his nihonga style, which often depicted birds and other animals. His work was influenced by nihonga, cubism, and Italian futurism. Born in 1927 in Kyoto, ...

'The Avant-Garde of Nihonga 1938-1949' at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto takes issue with nihonga (Japanese-style painting) of the period as a reaction to what has been passed down to ...

“Nihonga art of Japan that has stark similarities with Indian miniature painting has been through several crises. The art form was threatened in 1945 after World War II left Japan in ruins.

I meet Sarah Waite in June, just days before she returns to the U.K. after five years in Japan. We talk about the exhibition she will have in London in October as part of the Japan Festival 2001 ...

Can you tell us a little about the subjects in your art? I always empathise with the girls in my work. I paint in the hope of removing the anguish from them. What character, scene or style do you ...