In Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Atami, several museums house masterpieces of ukiyo-e, Japanese prints from the Edo period that ...

Known as tonbo in Japanese, dragonflies are everywhere in Japan at the end of the summer and early autumn. Step into a park, like Tokachi Hills, or stroll through the countryside and you’re likely to ...

This photo taken on August 19, 2025 shows a visitor viewing displays at an exhibition of old Japanese "shunga" art, erotic "ukiyo-e" drawings and woodblock prints that flourished in Japan's Edo period ...

Despite their seedy image, shunga represents the craftsmanship of some of Japan's finest ukiyo-e artists, such as Hokusai and Kitagawa Utamaro, encapsulating their humour and techniques. Even with the ...

Female pleasure takes center stage at a Tokyo exhibition showcasing around 150 pieces of shunga — an erotic form of "ukiyo-e" drawings and woodblock prints that flourished in Japan's Edo period.

Female pleasure instead takes centre stage at the Tokyo exhibition showcasing around 150 pieces of shunga -- an erotic form of "ukiyo-e" drawings and woodblock prints that flourished in Japan's Edo ...

Graphic depictions of enormous phalluses and acrobatic sex positions have long rendered centuries-old Japanese "shunga" art taboo, but a rare exhibition aims to prove the genre is a world apart from ...

On Tuesday, July 29 the Cleve Carney Museum of Art, McAninch Arts Center and College of DuPage hosted a special event for local elected officials to experience the current “Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The ...

After the certification ceremony, ambassadors pose for a commemorative photo in Izumi, Osaka Prefecture, June 21, 2025. (Mainichi/Tadakazu Nakamura) IZUMI, Osaka -- An art museum in this west Japan ...

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I seem to recall some years ago reading a short story by Haruki Murakami called "Losing Blue" ("Ao ga Kieru"). If memory serves, this describes a man waking up one morning to discover, to his sadness, ...