A Japanese museum is hosting its first-ever exhibition dedicated to Vincent van Gogh, which explores the Dutch painter’s ...

Yuka Sakuma is a painter and illustrator based in Nagoya, Japan. Inspired by the nihonga school, her work has been exhibited ...

These Japanese prints may be famous, but look closer – they’ve been censored. Henri-Alexis Baatsch. Sat, April 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM UTC. 8 min read.

Even with artists and paintings, Japan did not disappoint and produced some masterpieces that are loved by people all around the world. Here we mention the 5 most famous paintings by Japanese ...

Through stylised landscapes, scenes of everyday life and fantastical visions, Hokusai laid the foundations for a modern graphic touch still found in contemporary art far beyond the Nipponese shores.

The American businessman Alan Medaugh, 81, has spent 50 years building up an unparalleled collection of woodblock prints by the famed Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).

That’s what’s happening in this Japanese woodblock print — only it’s Tokyo (then called Edo), the year is 1857, and we’re crossing the Sumida River.

French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20 th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own ...

Put together by the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, it is derived from the estate of businessman John Chandler Bancroft, which donated 3,700 Japanese woodblock prints to the museum in 1901.

These Japanese prints may be famous, but look closer – they’ve been censored Hiroshige’s landscapes radiate peace and charm, yet his views of his homeland weren’t entirely his own ...