Hisashi Tenmyouya: Samurai with a Paintbrush

Para-para (Great Empire of Japan) vs. Break-dancing (America)  (2001) One of the strangest and most interesting characteristics of ...

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Makoto Aida: Eros with a Smile and a Sneer

When artists try to push our buttons, don't be surprised to find them groping for the highly sensitive crotch area, which has more ...

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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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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: Six Provocative Nihonga Artists

The big joke here is that Nihonga artists are supposed to be the least provocative people on the planet – serenely grinding their organic p...

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Exhibition: Chen Chin

Accordian (1935) by Chen Chin Ah, the 1920s and the 30s! The 'good old days' of the rise of the 'Greater East Asia Co-Pro...

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Exhibition: Kumi Machida

Japan is one country that doesn't have any problem producing talented female artists – Yayoi Kusama, Fuyuko Matsui, and Natsuko Taniguch...

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Exhibition: Tamako Kataoka

Centenarian's art defies Nihonga conventions Painting is clearly good for one’s health. While rock stars, rappers, and movie actors cr...

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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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Pinpricks in the Darkness: The Beautiful and Disturbing art of Fuyuko Matsui

Art, despite all its complexities and convolutions, is and always has been simply a mirror of humanity. While one artist expresses hope, a...

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