Sesshū, a medieval master of Japanese painting, became versed in Chinese art during a trip to the continent and went on to ...

It was part of a larger movement in Japan to reclaim the cultural clout that the country enjoyed in the 1980s, when it dominated the global art market. Those were the days when Japanese ...

In Japan’s spiritual heartland, tradition meets craftsmanship in miniature form. Artisans in Ise are preserving centuries-old shrine-making by handcrafting sacred replicas for modern homes.

But [when the deco and art nouveau styles] are being developed in Europe, in Paris, there's already a sort of Japan-esque element. The Japonisme is part of so much of European (especially French ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

Once polluted and suffering from depopulation, Naoshima has become Japan's hottest contemporary art enclave – and there are ...

Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a ...

“We are seeing growth in the number of collectors, especially around 30-50 years old in the contemporary art market,” Kyoko Hattori, Phillips’s regional director in Japan, told Artnet News.

Japan’s art market has outperformed the global industry over the past five years, according to a new report from art economist Clare McAndrew. While global sales ticked up just 1 percent from ...

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

As the 70th Anniversary of World War II approaches, Japan may offer more wartime apologies. The WSJ's Andrew Browne explains why that is unlikely to appease China and South Korea. This year ...