Indigo, a natural dye derived from plants, has been a key element in Shibori for centuries, providing characteristic blue ...

Takashi Murakami, one of Japan’s most successful post-war artists, has used AI to recreate Iwasa Matabei’s famous 17th-century epic gold leaf painting ‘Rakuchu Rakugai Zu Byobu’ — with ...

A special community art and meditation project happening on Saturday aims to bring people together to create a new artwork ...

Photo credit ©Ishikawa DMO Through endless recognition and collaborations, Buzan Fukushima's craft has become one of the most sought-after ...

Tweezers, water, mulberry paper: my toolkit for repairing ancient Japanese art Art conservator Jiro Ueda uses traditional techniques and natural solutions to repair priceless paintings and artefacts.

Tomioka Tessai (1836–1924) exemplifies the modern Japanese painter. Contemporaries praised his avant-garde works, yet Tessai created his nonconformist paintings in a traditional way, basing them on ...