Japan left as indelible a mark on the world of publishing and art as Tsutaya Juzaburo (1750–1797). A masterful entrepreneu ...

The 14,000 sqm projection on Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building offers visitors a free nightly spectacle in the heart of ...

For those looking to dive into Tokyo’s past, Fukagawa Edo is a great substitute for the much larger Edo-Tokyo Museum, which ...

Missing for decades from the Anglophile version of its origin story was another great visual narrative tradition, of the East ...

In Edo Period Japan, only the merchants possessed ... later becoming world famous in the 19th century west. This art form displayed Japanese society, thoughts and impressions.

American art collector Joe Price, renowned for his marvelous collection of works made in Japan during the Edo Period (1603-1867), died of old age on April 13 at his home in suburban Los Angeles.

Textual Cultures, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2021), pp. 3-19 (17 pages) Why were certain kinds of knowledge kept secret during the Edo period and what impact did secretive practices have on the ...

Compared with other prints during the Edo period in Japan, these prints incorporated more movement. Hokusai was influenced by Western art that came to Japan through traders, such as Dutch and ...