Exhibition: Art Brut Japonais

Koichi Fujino's Squid (2001) Unleashing the uninhibited power of expression In recent weeks there have been several contemp...

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Interview: Wakiro Sumi

Evidence, 2006 Wakiro Sumi's works invite quiet contemplation Maybe it's just as well that the Kamakura Museum of Moder...

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Exhibition: Ikuo Hirayama

Touch of silk: Ikuo Hirayama sought solace on the road Ikuo Hirayama clearly represents how the Japanese like to see and project them...

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Interview: Ryo Sehata, cellotape artist

Ryo Sehata with his work "Rolling Sculpture 20" Stuck on cellotape Ryo Sehata is that often-mentioned but seldom-enco...

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Exhibition: Sumida River

Aftermath of the Disaster (1924) by Yoson Ikeda A century down along the Sumida In most of the great European capitals, wide, impressive r...

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The Chrysanthemum and the Rose: Japan Year 2001

This crossculutral affair is blooming lovely LONDON -- Anybody turning up at London's Hyde Park to walk their dog on the morning of Sa...

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Exhibition: Akira Kurosawa

The Storyteller's Storyboards Film director Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) is perhaps more famous outside Japan than any other of...

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Exhibition: Ryusei Kishida

Road Cut through a Hill (1915) by Ryusei Kishida Innovation and Exploration: Kishida's short but brilliant career When Japan opened up...

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Exhibition: Tokimune Hōjō

Leaves left by the divine wind When England was conquered by the Normans in 1066, it was profoundly changed. We might expect the same to h...

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Exhibition: Ukiyo-e at the Turn of the 20th Century

Sight at Ochanomizu (1880) by Kiyochika Kobayashi Ukiyo-e reflects turn of century mood changes across Japan The Meiji period is considere...

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Exhibition: Samurai Swords

The heart of the samurai and the soul of the swordsmith Modern warfare is increasingly being depersonalized by long range missiles, so-cal...

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Interview: Katsura Funakoshi

Two Heads are Better than One. What distinguishes an artist from a craftsman? Well, an obvious difference is the pricing of their ...

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Exhibition: Baur Collection

Ukiyo-e treasures make brief return The Baur Collection of ukiyo-e by several of Japan's top masters is this country's own version ...

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EXHIBITION: SHINSUI ITO

A passionate embrace of Nihon Shinsui Ito (1898-1972) was a central figure in Japan's artistic identity crisis during the 20th ...

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Exhibition: The Dutch in Dejima

A peep into Tokugawa Japan During the almost two and a half centuries when Japan shunned the rest of the World, the one Western country tha...

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Exhibition: Yumeji Takehisa

Icons of a Forgotten Femininity Western culture is replete with empowering images of women, from the warrior Amazons of Greek mythol...

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Exhibition: Nishiki–e Outshine Chinese Prints

Plum Garden at Kameido by Hiroshige Utagawa "The Birth of Nishiki–e," the current exhibition at the Ota Memorial Museum of...

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Exhibition: Utagawa Kuniyoshi

There are two main arguments to support censorship. One is that it protects the tender sensibilities of a weak-minded public, prone to be l...

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Exhibition: Yoshihiko Ueda

The main danger a commercial photographer faces is the aura of banality that photographing consumer goods inevitably gives. To counter...

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