Are you trendy or traditional when it comes to tattoos. Wooster artists see much of both - flowers and butterflies to lyrics ...

The late 19th and 20th centuries witnessed a series of flip-flops among scholars as to whether calligraphy could be considered a fine art. Compared to painting and sculpture, wrote painter Koyama ...

"Vase with Blossoming Flowers" (1890s) stands at nearly 6 feet tall, around the corner from a marked entrance into "Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan" at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. If you ...

Twelve Filipino contemporary artists are set to conquer Japan this October with an art exhibition aptly dubbed as BIJUTSU- a Japanese word that means “fine art.” Exhibit Poster The group led ...

In Japan, stationery stores typically carry a huge selection of ballpoint pens. Tip sizes, for example, typically range between 0.5 mm and 0.7 mm, to as little as 0.38 mm.

The National Museum of Asian Art mounts a 300-year exhibition of Japanese literati art, a category that comprises poetry, calligraphy and painting inspired by the culture of the mainland.

Manga translators face linguistic puzzles, cultural minefields and online backlash — all for the love of a perfectly written speech bubble.

Boston The five Japanese galleries of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, reopened to the public on May 11 after a nearly six-year hiatus. Many experts consider Boston’s 100,000 Japanese artworks ...

Fenollosa-Weld Collection, 11.4000 Medieval Japan materials: “ Medieval Japan: An Introductory Essay,” by Ethan Segal, Michigan State University “ A Case Study of Medieval Japan Through Art: Samurai ...

A new exhibition at the British Museum features over 150 works of Japanese erotica. What do they reveal about the country’s attitudes to sex – and our own?