Known as the creator of the world-famous Great Wave off Kanagawa, Hokusai constantly innovated and improved his craft through a long lifetime in Edo’s art world.

Many tales from Japanese folklore often feature a fascinating character called the tanuki. Depending on the story, this ...

Supernatural Monsters from Japan,” a traveling exhibition that explores the evolution of Japanese folklore while celebrating ...

Monet covers the walls of his home in Giverny with them, Van Gogh turns the Parisian café Le Tambourin into a gallery of Japanese prints. In 1905, Debussy chose it to illustrate the score of his ...

The Out of Chaos exhibition at Edinburgh City Art Centre traces the story of Scottish art from the end of the Second World War to the turn of the millennium. Review by Duncan Macmillan ...

Tucked away in Tokyo, the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum offers a peaceful retreat blending tradition with tranquility—just one of many reasons why this vibrant city should be your next adventure.

Japanese raccoon dogs have 38 chromosomes, while their relatives on the mainland have 54. Their fur is also less insulating, which makes them less equipped to handle harsh cold temperatures. Japanese ...

Japanese prints showcased on the Cape, plus a wine lover’s tour of France Travel news you can use ... from traditional woodblock and lithography to cutting-edge digital processes, ...

Leave your assumptions about prints and photographs behind. In this exhibition, flat surfaces expand outward. Images aren’t simply printed—they are worked, reworked, and then reworked again. Paper ...

The latest marquee exhibition to open at M+, Hong Kong’s museum of contemporary visual culture, is “Canton Modern: Art and Visual Culture, 1900s-1970s”, a sweeping exploration of Guangdong ...