Think of traditional Japanese art, and you imagine a world of discipline and continuous refinement. In this pure quest for beauty, nature takes centre stage in many typical works. Art in Japan can be ...

We spoke to Yamazaki Taeko, director of Tokyo’s leading museum of the genre of Japanese painting known as nihonga, about efforts to make this distinctive art form better known to modern audiences at ...

Some of the works of Japanese-American artist Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani are seen on display for the special exhibition “Street Nihonga: The Art of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani” at the Spencer Museum of Art ...

Hiroshi Senju’s new series of black-and-white cliff paintings, on view now in his exhibition “At World’s End” at Sundaram Tagore’s Chelsea location, are intricately detailed in appearance. But they’re ...

“The Avant-Garde of Nihonga 1938-1949” at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto takes issue with nihonga (Japanese-style painting) of the period as a reaction to what has been passed down to the ...

Founded in 1898 by the influential and enigmatic Tenshin Okakura, the Nihon Bijutsuin (Japan Art Institute) went through some hard times early, and had to be reestablished in 1914 after a short period ...

For Shibunkaku in Kyoto, the Nihonga movement offers lessons about sustainability that are increasingly relevant in a climate-challenged world. By David Belcher Japanese art has long been associated ...

With an entrance fashioned from a 270-year-old temple gate and a central workshop built by a miyadaiku (temple carpenter), ...

A Nihonga master from Japan is in Kolkata to inspire another revival of indigenous Indian art forms. KOLKATA: Nearly a century after Okakura Kakuzô (Tenshin), cultural ideologue and founder of the ...

This exhibition of nihonga (Japanese-style painting) is divided into various themes and comprises works from the late 19th century to today, collected from 60 different locations in Japan. Highlights ...