We spoke to Yamazaki Taeko, director of Tokyoâs leading museum of the genre of Japanese painting known as nihonga, about efforts to make this distinctive art form better known to modern audiences at ...
Think of traditional Japanese art, and you imagine a world of discipline and continuous refinement. In this pure quest for beauty, nature takes centre stage in many typical works. Art in Japan can be ...
This exhibition of nihonga (Japanese-style painting) is divided into various themes and comprises works from the late 19th century to today, collected from 60 different locations in Japan. Highlights ...
From the early 1880s, painting in Japan became bisected. YĆga was used to categorize works in oils that were inspired by European painting movements and nihonga became the umbrella term for a whole ...
For Shibunkaku in Kyoto, the Nihonga movement offers lessons about sustainability that are increasingly relevant in a climate-challenged world. By David Belcher Japanese art has long been associated ...
Hiroshi Senjuâs new series of black-and-white cliff paintings, on view now in his exhibition âAt Worldâs Endâ at Sundaram Tagoreâs Chelsea location, are intricately detailed in appearance. But theyâre ...
The Yamatane Art Museum may be closed for the time being, but you can still enjoy some of its artworks from the comfort of your home. Aside from the beautiful Nihonga wallpapers and colouring pages ...
Itâs not easy to upstage fuyuko matsui. With her elfin ears and deep violet eyes, the 33-year-old artist has the looks to carry magazine coversâwhich she has done for Japanese glossies, wearing the ...
Founded in 1898 by the influential and enigmatic Tenshin Okakura, the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute) went through some hard times early, and had to be reestablished in 1914 after a short period ...
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