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UKIYO-E

The Adachi Institute has been working on creating brand new ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with contemporary artists such as Yayoi Kusama, whose ¡°Mt. Fuji in Seven Colours: When life boundlessly flares up to the universe¡± (2014) can be seen on display at ¡°Ukiyo-e in Play.¡±
CULTURE / Art
May 2, 2025
¡®Ukiyo-e in Play¡¯ showcases traditional art carved anew
The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints keeps age-old methods alive by creating ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with artisans and contemporary artists.
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.?
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.
Ayumi Matsuki, a priestess at Yoshiwara Shrine, shows off some "o-mamori" charms. She says visitors to the shrine have increased since the NHK drama ¡°Unbound¡± began airing this month.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Jan 26, 2025
Tracing Tsutaya Juzaburo, Edo¡¯s media maverick
Discover the hometown of the Yoshiwara publisher who helped shape Â鶹´«Ã½ artistic legacy and inspired NHK¡¯s latest period drama.
NHK¡¯s latest taiga period drama, ¡°Unbound,¡± centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 10, 2025
¡®Unbound¡¯ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
Public broadcaster NHK marks its 100th anniversary by flipping the script on its long-running period drama series.
"Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition" includes an installation of Katsushika Hokusai¡¯s ¡°The Great Wave off Kanagawa.¡±
CULTURE / Art
Dec 25, 2024
Step into ukiyo-e: A digital journey through Â鶹´«Ã½ traditional art form
¡°Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition¡± uses 3D animation and projection mapping to reimagine Edo-era woodblock prints for modern audiences.
Students from Agatsuma¡¯s butoh workshop, also part of Sumi-Yume, will be joining her and professional butoh dancer Tomoshi Shioya for this weekend¡¯s shows.
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 8, 2024
Butoh dances to the sounds of Hokusai¡¯s hometown
Performances of the avant-garde dance form are part of a program dedicated to the revered artist and celebrating the local community in Sumida Ward.
Utagawa Hiroshige produced several highly successful series of landscape prints over the course of his career, including ¡°One Hundred Famous Views of Edo¡± ¡ª the largest collection of his career.
CULTURE / Books
Aug 8, 2024
The definitive guide to Utagawa Hiroshige¡¯s masterwork is a feast for the eyes
Ukiyo-e expert Andreas Marks¡¯ new book is a rare compendium of the Japanese artist¡¯s landscapes, even by local standards. ?
Retired management professor and trekker Jitendra V. Singh completed his goal of collecting all 46 prints in the series ¡°Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji¡± in 2023.
CULTURE / Art
Mar 23, 2024
One collector¡¯s high mountain road to Hokusai
A professor¡¯s 30-year dream of assembling a complete set of ¡°Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji,¡± the pinnacle of the artist¡¯s career, leads to an auction.
A young university grad (Kana Kita, right) is introduced to the world of "shunga" erotic art by an older academic (Seiyo Uchino) in ¡°Picture of Spring.¡±
CULTURE / Film
Oct 19, 2023
¡®Picture of Spring¡¯: Smart, silly and lots of fun
Akihiko Shiota¡¯s film about the world of Japanese erotic art feels like a crash course in ¡°shunga¡± before veering into playfully risque territory.
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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