The Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints keeps age-old methods alive by creating ukiyo-e prints in collaboration with artisans ...

Japanese skincare is less a trend and more a philosophy: A centuries-old ritual that honours not just the skin, but the self.

The style of Japanese woodblock printing known as ukiyo-e (‘images of the floating world’) flourished during the Edo period ...

Japanese printmaking, with its rich history and refined aesthetics, has long been a cornerstone of the nation’s visual culture. Originating as a tool for religi ...

His patrons – landlords, merchants, samurai stationed in Edo, educated women, poetry clubs, ukiyo-e print collectors – preferred picturesque bridges, dramatic coastal waves, distant lakes and ...

Floating world: Hiroshige’s Seba from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Highway (1830s) - The Trustees of the British ...

In recent years, the global appetite for Japanese Cat T Shirts has surged as fashion lovers seek apparel that combines ...

Edo state has ultimately disbursed 6 billion Naira to the northerners as a compensation for the Uromi killings and has handed over the 16 Uromi vigilantes to the northerners. On March 28, 2025, 16 ...

(Photo: PIXTA) Things began to change around 1600 after Tokugawa Ieyasu unified the land after defeating his rivals in battle and moved the power center of the land from Kyoto to Edo, what had ...

TOTTORI--Sand sculptors are putting the finishing touches on their gritty masterpieces for a special exhibition opening on ...