Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

Japanese paper cutting art, or kirigami, is a traditional craft that involves cutting and folding paper to create beautiful ...

The powerful 12,000-year-old art of Taiko drumming has been used in worship and battle throughout Japanese history. In this episode, visually-impaired content maker Lucy Edwards learns about the ...

Culling ancient works from the Asia Society’s collection, Rina Banerjee, Howardena Pindell, and Byron Kim look to the past to challenge ideas of identity and authenticity.

Japan’s ancient art of celebrating broken pottery is rooted in an eastern philosophy of life that finds beauty in imperfection. Many believe it can help us accept our flaws and foster a sense of ...

Rooted in ancient Chinese philosophies of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, Onmyodo was introduced to Japan during the 6th ... the practitioners of this ancient art, play a pivotal role.

Ju-jitsu is a family of martial arts which has rich origins in ancient Japan ... This is how the "gentle art", or the "art of suppleness", as ju-jitsu is known in Japan, came into being.

The murals, which are designated as national treasures, comprise paintings of 16 men and women, as well as drawings of guardian deities representing four directions and deriving from ancient ...

Iraq's foreign minister announced on Tuesday the retrieval of various artifacts and textured paintings from Japan and Switzerland ... textured paintings from the ancient al-Tar caves." ...

“It is an exhibition dedicated to Buddhist and Shinto art that only the Nara ... Jingu shrine and symbolizes Japan’s diplomatic relations with the ancient Korean Peninsula.