Tech icon Steve Jobs was fascinated by Japanese culture, and was particularly passionate about shin-hanga woodblock prints. Interviews with former colleagues and friends reveal that his lifelong ...

This time, we want you to look at a mid-19th-century print by Utagawa Hiroshige of Japan: “Great Bridge: Sudden Rain at Atake ...

The exhibition features 84 artworks and focuses on the “popularisation” of imaginary monsters from the country's folklore.

This print has two names: 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa' and 'The Great Wave'. Hokusai used a type of printing called woodblock printing. Woodblock printing began in Japan and is one of the oldest ...

This early print impression from the 1830s is part of ukiyo-e master Katsushika Hokusai’s 36 Views of Mount Fuji series ...

Highlights include sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, European paintings, Japanese woodblock prints, and American ... and get a taste of the house's rich history and art. This year's event ...

Ukio-e are Japanese woodblock prints that were popular between the 17th and 20th centuries. Ukio-e are a wonderful form of history and memorabilia to take home that is also equally traditional. The ...

Legends surrounding the founding of Japan are compiled as history in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon shoki (Chronicle of Japan). With the adoption of Buddhism as the state ...

The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan. In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became ...

Simply type in whatever comes to mind and the program will churn out a woodblock print. “I would like the ... technology engineer and classical Japanese literature scholar.

Foreign visitors and other history-minded readers ... with various collections of Japanese books, including literature from the Edo Period (1603-1868), ukiyo-e prints, old maps, and materials ...