Salon

Eye-popping prints from Japan’s Edo period

Kabuki actors, courtesans, ravishing teahouse girls and ghosts: These are only some of the denizens of Edo Japan’s so-called “floating world.” Their stories — and the natural landscapes in which they ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Japanese prints capturing country's evolution come to life at SF's Legion of Honor exhibit

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The technique may be ancient. But the images at San Francisco's Legion of Honor Museum are actually a fast forward ride through centuries of change. The exhibit is titled, ...
Observer

Feline Frenzy: Japan Society Show Spotlights the Cats of Ukiyo-e Woodblock Prints

Forget YouTube: cats went viral in Japanese woodblock prints centuries ago. The works on display at Japan Society all include cats shown in scenes of Japanese daily life, and there promises to be ...
Columbus Dispatch

Rare display of prints from Japan a must-see at Toledo museum

Some of the most beautiful treasures at the Toledo Museum of Art are so ephemeral that they are seldom on display. In fact, if you miss the “Fresh Impressions” exhibit of 342 early modern Japanese ...
Chicago Tribune

Japan upset as Chinese paper prints mushroom clouds on map

Japan on Tuesday vowed to make a stern protest to China after a regional Chinese newspaper printed a map of the country with mushroom clouds hovering over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and ...
Hyperallergic

Japan’s Tattoo Art, in Classic Woodblock Prints

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Hyperallergic

Have Hokusai, Will Travel: Japan’s New Passports Feature Ukiyo-E Master’s Prints

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CNN

The artisan making warrior prints for modern Japan

A long white strip of fabric is stretched across a table at Yuichi Hirose’s workshop in Tokyo, ready to absorb the paste he’s specially mixed to create a classic style of Japanese print. Hirose is one ...
Newsweek

Chinese Newspaper Prints Map of Japan with Mushroom Clouds Over Hiroshima and Nagasaki

OKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan on Tuesday vowed to make a stern protest to China after a regional Chinese newspaper printed a map of the country with mushroom clouds hovering over the cities of ...