Traditional Japanese erotic art – shunga – flourished during the Edo period (1603–1867), along with the rise of ukiyo-e ...

The exhibition pays tribute to the creative heritage of Katsushika Hokusai, a ‘legendary’ figure in Japanese art (Petra photo) AMMAN — The Japanese embassy, in partnership with the Japan Foundation ...

Hiroshige is slightly less well known than the older Hokusai, the great polymath, the Leonardo of Japanese art if you like, ...

National Palace Museum Southern Branch associate researcher Chu Lung-hsing introduces the woodblock print "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai at the museum in Chiayi County on Monday.

"The First Homosexuals" traces how the coinage of the term "homosexual" has shaped queer art and expression through the ages.

If there is to be a broad-based, democratic resistance, Kurosawa’s film suggests, the “hungry Samurai” who lead it must ...