A mechanical sea creature in flight, a black cat garbed in a kimono and butterfly flitting through a garden all leap out on the screen. Is there an upcoming ukiyo-e artist adding a 21st-century flair ...

Jedidiah 'Jedi' Alex Koh is the Founder of Coaching Changes Lives, Asia's leading Coaching Firm Specializing in Team Leadership Development. Imagine you're the CEO of a successful company that has ...

Chōbunsai Eishi, “Woman Writing a Poem on a Fan” (1789/1801), Weston Collection (all images courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago) Wherever the middle class rises, it brings art down to earth: it’s ...

Japanese woodblock prints had a major influence on the development of European modern painting. Ukiyo-e continue to be extremely popular around the world, but few people know much about the original ...

This is a sponsored story, created and edited exclusively by Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Tokyo Updates website. What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early ...

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Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) stands tall as one of Japan’s most celebrated artists, renowned for his dazzling imagination, ...

A massive wave threatens to engulf three fishing boats, its foam crown extending like claws, menacing the rowers below. It’s an epic scene of human struggle and ...

Two visitors take photos of The Meeting Ukiyo-e: a Floating World of Edo City exhibition in Beijing on Friday. Photo: Courtesy of Chang Jing Visitors take photos of The Meeting Ukiyo-e: a Floating ...

Arranged from its extensive collection of ukiyo-e prints, the Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum's special summer exhibition, is organized in three parts: part one, "Specters" (July 1-27) — stories of ...

A secret entrance in an alley, smoke billowing as a glass dome is removed from a dish, a tree made with cotton candy. Ukiyo – the new, twelve-seat chef’s counter under Bao Brewhouse in Larimer Square ...