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A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food.
The incorporation of white ash boards provides warm relief to the cool slate tones. Applied to the ceiling, wall and floor ...
The 41-year-old single malt, one of only 82 bottles from the Karuizawa Distillery’s Noh series of 2013, is among 34 bottles ...
The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.
More information about the "Hokusai & Ukiyo-e: The Floating World" can be found at Hokusai2025.org.
Color woodblock print (nishiki-e), ōban Utagawa Hiroshige, “Kinryūzan Temple in Asakusa” from “One Hundred Famous Views of Edo” (1856-59), color woodblock print.
Art History Who Was Hiroshige, the Artist Behind Japan’s Most Iconic Prints? The master of Japanese prints is admired for exquisite views of his homeland, but a new show at the British Museum ...
Both of these works are included in “ Timely and Timeless: Japan’s Modern Transformation in Woodblock Prints,” the 2019 senior art-history exhibition, which showcases works by Japanese woodblock ...
This technique, influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock printing, was developed by artists including Blanche Lazzell, a founding member of the Provincetown Printers.
This episode’s Work of the Week is A woman abalone diver wrestling with an octopus (around 1870), a woodblock print by the Japanese artist Taiso Yoshitoshi.
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, ...
A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.