Everyday life in Edo (present-day Tokyo) was befitting of a capital city — an era of beautiful women, graceful kabuki actors, bustling streets and breathtaking sights. The peace and stability imposed ...

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 ...

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 ...

The idea for the smart, complex and challenging exhibition "From Ukiyo-e to Photography" at the Edo-Tokyo Museum started from the discovery of two images. One is a photograph of the Meiji-Era ...

During the Edo period (1603-1868), the government of Japan ruled its people through a strictly enforced social hierarchy. Within this structure, most forms of self-expression were banned entirely or ...

One of the many things we love about Japan is the way that art blends into everyday public life. Whether it’s custom-wrapped trains, plastic food replicas, or Hello Kitty-adorned construction sites, ...

Public life in Edo-era Japan was dominated by men, but that does not mean women did not have their vibrant lives recorded. One such mediums used to record female lives was the woodblock art of ukiyo-e ...

A few years back I was taking a leisurely stroll through the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens during Sakura Matsuri (the Japanese cherry blossom festival). I happened across a table selling wood-block ...

Among those learning to appreciate artwork for the first time, negative space is one of the more baffling aspects of composition. As Western audiences, we are primed to view the artistic process as ...