A new cultural tourism program titled "Ukiyo-e Guided Walking Tour + Woodblock Printing Experience and Artisan Studio Shopping" has been launched in the Mukojima area of Tokyo, offering visitors an ...

Everyday life in Edo (present-day Tokyo) was befitting of a capital city — an era of beautiful women, graceful kabuki actors, bustling streets and breathtaking sights. The peace and stability imposed ...

Masami Teraoka, “Sarah and Octopus/Seventh Heaven” (2001) (image courtesy the artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco) HONOLULU — Masami Teraoka was just nine years old growing up in Japan ...

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Forget YouTube: cats went viral in Japanese woodblock prints centuries ago. The works on display at Japan Society all include cats shown in scenes of Japanese daily life, and there promises to be ...

The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong reimagined in ukiyo-e style. Images via Jed Henry. Hokusai’s “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa” (c.1829–32) (via Wikipedia) Ukiyo-e Heroes, a new series by American ...

On view at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Landscapes of Edo: Ukiyo-e Prints from the AGGV’s Collection showcases key works from the Gallery’s extensive holdings of Japanese wood block prints, ...

The Museum of Fine Arts and UNIQLO have partnered to create a new line of T-shirts. This six-shirt collection — the third of its kind — takes inspiration from the museum’s holdings of 50,000 Japanese ...

Akihabara Premium Collection announced the release of an ukiyo-e woodblock print based on the Puella Magi Madoka Magica anime series. The woodprint costs 71,500 yen (approximately $466) and will be ...

Although the history of tarot cards stretches back to at least the 15th century, the popular divination tools didn’t become well-known in Japan until after World War II. But despite their late arrival ...