Drawn from the UW Art Museum’s collection From Samurai to Geisha: Depictions of Gender in Japanese Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints is the visual dialogue of masculine and feminine gender roles present in ...

Dedicated to legendary painter and woodblock print artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the Sumida Hokusai Museum presents an exhibition that introduces the artist's approach to depicting the ...

Beyond the Divide: Merchant, Artist, Samurai in Edo Japan showcases pieces from the museum's permanent collection representing the Edo era in Japan, which spanned 1603-1868. In addition to painted ...

“Blue Eye Samurai” is set to collect a trio of juried awards for achievement in animation–for character design, production design and storyboard–while vying for two competitive awards ...

Samurai, Ghosts and Lovers: Yoshitoshi's Complete 100 Aspects of the Moon, is on view Feb. 22 - Sept. 13, 2020, at the Dayton Art Institute.

Return to the Edo period during filmed presentations at the University of Washington on Nov. 1-2, and explore the traditional Ukiyo-e woodblock prints that have become one of the island nation’s ...

The rare selection of 118 woodblock prints — originally published between 1856 and ’58 — captures a dimensional image of Edo’s socioeconomic and historical underpinnings.

Object Details Donor Name Mrs. Lispenard S. Crocker Notes INSCRIPTION READS: PERURI ZO KITA-AMERIKA JIMBUTSU (PORTRAIT OF PERRY, A NORTH AMERICAN) ORIGINAL DATE OF COLLECTION: 1930'S. DATE OF PRINT, ...

Case in point: On Tuesday, Christie’s in New York sold Katsushika Hokusai’s “Under the Well of the Great Wave off Kanagawa” for $2.8 million—a new record high for the 1830-32 woodblock ...

"Blue Eye Samurai" is set to collect a trio of juried awards for achievement in animation–for character design, production design and storyboard–while vying for two competitive awards ...