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

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 ...

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

Hasegawa, 38, is known for her contemporary spin on the ancient Japanese art of Nihonga painting. She works with the traditional materials Iwa-enogu, which are mineral pigments, and washi, the ...

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 ...