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The great Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige are so influential, and so beautiful, you never need any excuse to see them. "Japanese Impressions" at ...

During the Edo period in Japan (1615-1857), woodblock printing was a common and popular art form. The Japanese took the Buddhist idea of ukiyo, or "the floating world," and interpreted the notion of ...

Ahead of TEFAF Maastricht, Tamio Ikeda, of the Paris gallery Tanakaya, shares the complex history behind the woodblock print, and how mutual admiration may have saved it.

In Junk in the Trunk 14, Lark Mason III appraises Kawase Hasui Japanese woodblock prints, ca. 1922. Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines.

Steve Jobs had a lifelong passion for Japanese shin-hanga woodblock prints, an art form that was reflected in the tech innovator's own approach to work.

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art debuted “Bird and Blossom,” an exhibition of woodblock prints depicting simple relationships in the natural world, on Jan. 24. Curated by Eleanor Pschirrer-West, ...

Icons Exploring Nature in Japanese Prints A new exhibition at Oregon’s Portland Art Museum shows how a cheap, popular art form produced enduring masterpieces Maki Haku, ‘Fuji san-12’ (1989).

Japanese publisher Hanzō is keeping the ukiyo-e tradition alive with unique reinterpretations of traditional woodblock prints that feature popular characters like Doraemon, Crayon Shinchan, and ...

When it comes to antiques, trusting your instincts can pay off — sometimes even in a big way. “I knew they were something,” Christina Kean says about the three Japanese woodblock prints she ...