His paintings are bracketed by four centuries of works by his predecessors and followers, all Zen practitioners using ink painting to spread ... version of the Japanese character for “heart ...

These five masterpieces capture the very essence of the transformations that have shaped Japan's visual identity, from the ...

Asian Art Museum A 13th-century ink painting, often referred to as the “Zen Mona Lisa,” is making ... the museum’s associate curator of Japanese art, tells Artnet’s Sarah Cascone that ...

The creative endeavour combines the largest Japanese ink painting ever, at 9.2 meters (30 feet) wide and 3.6 meters (10 feet) tall, and a unique musical performance about Mount Fuji by Komuro.

An curved arrow pointing right. Traditional Japanese calligraphy ink, referred to as sumi ink, comes in a solid form. It takes at least four years of production before these ink sticks can be sold ...