A new exhibition is not only to shedding light on a lesser-known aspect of Japanese culture, female warriors, but is also pushing to include in the definition of “warrior” women beyond the military…
Japanese Art
They were the beautiful people of Edo-period Japan, the courtesans, geisha, and actors depicted in the ukiyo-e paintings of the 17th through 19th century.
A multi-part ongoing exhibition is reexposing Americans to an influential period of modern Japanese art. Nonaka-Hill and Blum & Poe, both in Los Angeles, are mid-way through a comprehensive three…
Curator Nicole Rousmaniere discusses the Manga collected by the British Museum.
Christie's takes a look at the collective of experimental Gutai artists whose impact on contemporary art is still being fully recognized.
Follow V&A Conservators as they treat an elaborately decorated Japanese palanquin in our collection. Known as a ‘norimono’ in Japanese, meaning ‘thing to ride’, this box-like enclosed chair…
Bamboo explores the evolution of Japanese bamboo basketry from a purely functional art form into complicated, distinctly Japanese sculptural forms of variable scale. A major selection of historical…
The versatile ways contemporary artists use bamboo is explored in a new exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) in Los Angeles. Japanese bamboo weaving is an art form that dates back…
