College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

“Human / Nature: 150 Years of Japanese Landscape Prints,” a new exhibition opening on Dec. 3 at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, presents some 70 of these works, from 19th-century classics l ...

To start, head to the Blanton Museum of Art on the University of Texas campus for "The Floating World: Masterpieces of Edo Japan ... prints in "The Floating World" depict all sorts of scenes, but ...

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Japanese artist Katsushika ...

There’s an element of voyeurism in the Japanese art of ukiyo-e ... m inspired by the feel of Japanese prints, they often combine man-made objects with nature ... a combination of built ...

or new prints, stylistically shifted the medium to include more perspective and depth of field in comparison to the flat nature of the ukiyo-e style. The movement as a whole was influenced by the ...

From fascinating woodblock prints and beautiful landscape paintings to eye-catching sculptures, Japanese artists have created ...

Odawara, Japan: You walk along a level daylight-filled corridor, some 300 feet long, one side lined with glass, the other with volcanic stones pockmarked by fossilized insects. Nearing the end ...

French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own ...

Japanese Prints in Transition, From the Floating World to the Modern World. And curator Lauren Palmor says the discipline required to make the woodblock prints is the magic behind the art.

“It enabled me to pursue and amplify my love for this art form,” he explained. Why Paris? “Because Europe, in a way, saved Japanese prints,” he said, referring to the paintings and prints ...