To delve deeper into this unique art, we talked with lifelong sashiko artisan Atsushi Futatsuya. To learn more about Japanese shashiko, read: The 300-year-old Japanese method of upcycling Video ...

The technique is the ancient art of Japanese Kintsugi, a powerful metaphor for life where nothing is ever truly broken. Metallic powder is mixed with resin or lacquer to fix pieces together The ...

and knowledge of Japanese history. Five online modules each provide a case study in the role of art in capturing and conveying human experience. The samurai warrior has come to symbolize Japan’s ...

is also pronounced as “kei” in Japanese, but in China, it is pronounced “gui” and refers to the evergreen tree sweet osmanthus. The name of the city Guilin, or Keirin in Japanese ...

The exhibition 'Young Poland: Polish Art 1890-1918' includes echoes of Japanese artistic tradition. More than 150 works including paintings, drawings and prints from the 19th and 20th centuries ...

One precedent for abstraction in Japanese art is high-art calligraphy, in which intuitive expression overwhelms legibility. In Yoshida Chizuko’s boldly kinetic “What Is Within No. 2,” the ...