One of the most famous and easily recognisable Japanese painting is ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ by Katsushika Hokusai. It is a woodblock print that is now seen a symbol of Japanese art all ...

Designed for Pleasure: The World of Edo Japan in Prints and Paintings, 1680-1860 is a landmark exhibition of 140 masterworks of Japanese ukiyo-e, from commercially released prints of iconic images by ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The curator of a new exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints is asking you to take deep look with him at two significant strains of artistic evolution taking place within the genre ...

The great Japanese woodblock prints by the artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige are so influential, and so beautiful, you never need any excuse to see them. "Japanese Impressions" at ...

You’ll definitely get spirited away by these prints. Hayao Miyazaki’s films evoke a certain magic. They use their otherworldly qualities to transport viewers to lands that blend elements of ...

RAWALPINDI: The seven-day exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints that kicked off at Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) ...

The major difference between this and other exhibitions of Japanese moku hanga (woodblock printing) is that the prints were all made as pattern and design books for the Japanese textile market.

The Japanese woodblock artists are as notable as their Western counterparts, among them Kitagawa Utamaro, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige (with works from “One Hundred Famous Views of ...

Traditional art: Japanese woodblock printing on display . ... their subject matter expanded to include famous romantic vistas and dramatised historical events in the final years of the 19th century.