This story is from March 4, 2016 Japanese silk weaving to meet Banarasi silk art Binay Singh / TNN / Mar 4, 2016, 17:58 IST Share AA ...

Tenugui first appeared more than 1,000 years ago; they were originally made of silk or hemp and considered a luxury item. Once fabric manufacturing modernized, tenugui became more affordable and ...

The exhibition will display Japanese Furoshiki and local designs by Vietnamese students who won awards at the 2nd International Furoshiki Design Contest in Japan. Furoshiki is a square piece of cloth ...

In honor of the trees' centennial year in D.C., the National Gallery of Art brings us Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Itō Jakuchū (1716–1800), an exhibition of ...

Nakamura read an article in the Japanese edition of the New York Times in 2008 about silk paintings that had been damaged by time, including works by Chanh. "I wondered how to preserve these paintings ...

Students from Hiratsuka, Japan made a stop by Lawrence City Hall Monday to meet with Vice Mayor Brad Finkeldei and present ...

In a rare U.S. visit, a collection of 30 Japanese bird-and-flower silk scroll paintings by Ito Jakuchu are on display at the National Gallery of Art, just in time for the National Cherry Blossom ...

Within the Qing (1644-1911) imperial court, a unique collection of paintings can be identified, which were created by European missionaries serving at the imperial court.

A Japanese researcher spins thousands of strands of spider silk into violin strings, said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to standard strings.