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 ...

The man was Shiko Munakata (1903-1975), an iconic “hanga” (woodblock print) artist who was born ... on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture. Cooking experts, chefs and others ...

And according to those who knew and worked with him, this aesthetic sense developed early and was influenced heavily by Japanese art — especially the modern woodblock prints, or shin-hanga ...

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 ...

He was also a member of a Roundtable Discussion at The Asian Art Museum titled Japanese Woodblock Prints: From Classical To Modern. He recently discussed Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga prints at a ...

US tourist David Madrigal is over the moon after paying $200 for a "vintage ... I also think that Japanese products should ...

If you don’t know what a print processor is, don’t feel bad. There’s precious few people out there still running home darkrooms, and the equipment used for DIY film development is about as ...

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.

Rice is to the Japanese what wine is to the French. There are regional histories and mythical lore. There are family heirloom rice paddies and religious rituals. More than 500 different varieties ...

What is a Japanese spider crab? They may look like something from a 1950s sci-fi film, but Japanese spider crabs are gentle giants. And giants they are. Of the 60,000 species of crustaceans on ...