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JAPANESE ART

¡°A Dictionary of Color Combinations¡± is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 27, 2026
¡®The colors speak for themselves¡¯: How Â鶹´«Ã½ chroma bible went global
Originally published as a six-volume series in the 1930s, ¡°A Dictionary of Color Combinations¡± has become a go-to for creatives in Japan and around the world.
Artist Yoshitoshi Kanemaki's exhibition "Emergence Entity" at Shibuya Parco is a rare chance to see a bigger collection of his works together, as they sell out fast.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 24, 2026
This is not AI. It¡¯s intentionally, painstakingly human-made art.
Yoshitoshi Kanemaki¡¯s handcarved sculptures have a digital aesthetic, but they are firmly anchored in three-dimensional space.
If the ¡°Mona Lisa¡± functions as a cultural pilgrimage site, Mount Fuji may be Â鶹´«Ã½ closest equivalent ¡ª an iconic image that millions travel to see for themselves.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 24, 2026
What is the ¡®Mona Lisa¡¯ of Japan?
From Hokusai to Kusama, searching for the country¡¯s ultimate artwork
Mizue Fukagawa's works explore of the fragility of memory and the regenerative beauty of nature.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 8, 2026
Emerging Kansai artists to watch
Among the artists featured at Art Osaka, several offered particularly engaging takes on the ubiquity of digital technology and relationships between people and nature.
Fish printing art master Mineo Yamamoto started teaching the art to himself first, and then he went on to study with Tatsunoko-kai, a major gyotaku school.
CULTURE / Art
May 31, 2026
From catch to canvas, fish prints have become fine art
¡°Gyotaku,¡± or fish printing, originated in the 19th century as a way for fishermen in Japan to document their catch precisely.
Mayumi Nishikawa restores ukiyo-e in Dresden, Germany, in December.
JAPAN
May 13, 2026
Japanese restorer reviving ukiyo-e in Germany
The museum is promoting a project to sort and restore more than 10,000 Japanese artworks that have been kept in its repository.
The latest head of one of Japan's most acclaimed ceramicist families believes that to preserve traditional crafts, they must adapt in some ways to the present.
LIFE / Style & Design
May 12, 2026
Ohi Chozaemon XI: ¡®We cannot make tradition the absolute rule¡¯
The 11th head of the Ohi ware school of ceramics believes his craft can only survive if history is a set of guidelines, not laws.
The Sui Collection, a Cabinet Office-backed showcase of traditional Japanese artisanship, is visually stunning, but what is lost in translation when the state is a partner in cultural communication?
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 28, 2026
What happens when Japan curates its aesthetic for the world?
The Sui Collection of traditional artistry demonstrates how Japan wants to be seen ¡ª both domestically and abroad.
"Shuto Kacho" (flowers and birds in the autumn and winter)
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2025
Tokyo art museum to exhibit Japanese works from British Museum
The exhibition will be held from July 25 to Oct. 18 at the museum in the Ueno district of the capital¡¯s Taito Ward.
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation¡¯s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2025
Pace eyes great strides for Â鶹´«Ã½ art market
One of the largest art galleries in the world wants to turn the country into the center of Asia¡¯s art scene.
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
LIFE / Travel
Sep 13, 2025
An aesthetic escape to Hakone¡¯s art-drenched hills
Well known for its views of Mount Fuji, the mountainous community also holds a growing collection of world-class art.
To ensure no damage occurs to the historic Nelson Stair, the delicate washi paper clouds are made to weigh only about half a kilogram each.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 15, 2025
A multisensory exhibition of washi paper unfolds at London Design Biennale
In the exhibition ¡°Paper Clouds: Materiality in Empty Space,¡± washi paper clouds float on golden threads in the historic Somerset House.
Part of Osaka Art and Design 2025, Maki Takato¡¯s ¡°Yokai Unity¡± is a collaboration with a Zen-Buddhist monk from Nara, whose hands in prayer were 3D-scanned for an inflatable sculpture.
CULTURE / Art
Jun 14, 2025
Osaka wants to show off its artistic talents
With the expo underway, the city is buzzing with people. The art scene is trying to catch some of that attention with a variety of events and initiatives this summer.
The Tokyo National Museum¡¯s garden is open to the public in springtime, when 10 different varieties of cherry trees are blooming.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 28, 2025
Cherry blossom-themed art to see this weekend in Tokyo
With the cherry blossoms¡¯ ephemeral beauty immortalized in art and literature for centuries, there¡¯s plenty of artworks to gaze upon on rainy days.
Shunbaisai Hokuei's tetraptych from the series "108 Heroes of the Theater Suikoden"
CULTURE / Books
Mar 22, 2025
Osaka¡¯s kabuki fan culture fueled an elusive figure of the ukiyo-e scene
In his new book, John Fiorillo partly lifts the veil on Shunbaisai Hokuei, who dominated the ukiyo-e art world in the Kamigata region during the early 19th century.?
According to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative, there were about 30 cases of bonsai theft last year.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2025
Bonsai thefts sweep Japan as miniature trees grow more popular
About 30 cases of such theft occurred last year, according to the Nippon Bonsai Growers Cooperative.
Toyohara Kunichika experimented with established norms of composition and began spreading a single figure over three full sheets, as seen in this ¡°Kabuki Play 'Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji'¡± triptych.
CULTURE / Art
Feb 15, 2025
Kunichika¡¯s vibrant ukiyo-e gets a chance to shine at anniversary exhibit
An underappreciated ukiyo-e master is the focus of the largest-ever retrospective of his work in Japan, marking the 190th anniversary of his birth.
The Japan Pavilion at the Venice Biennale is located in the Giardini, a historic park in the Italian city.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2024
Venice Biennale: 70 years of bringing Japanese art to the world
The Venice Biennale has been an international showcase for Japanese art for over seven decades. This year, Yuko Mohri is representing Japan at the prestigious event.
Japan Sword Co. is a regular exhibitor at the Antique Dealers¡¯ Fair & Exhibition in Tokyo. Its booth at a previous event in 2021 featured more than a few treasures.
CULTURE / Art
Oct 10, 2024
Hold history in your hands at this triennial antiques fair in Tokyo
Open to the public, the Antique Dealers¡¯ Fair & Exhibition will allow visitors to see pieces up close, which might just spur a purchase.
Gwangju Biennale¡¯s artistic director Nicolas Bourriaud developed the theme ¡°Pansori: A Soundscape of the 21st Century¡± to make the event ¡°an opera you can walk into.¡±
CULTURE / Art
Sep 21, 2024
Â鶹´«Ã½ art world seeks connection at Gwangju Biennale
At the longest-running contemporary art festival in East Asia, the Japan Pavilion¡¯s display nods to historical tensions between Japan and Korea.
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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