Immerse yourself in the rich world of historical Japanese art and culture this summer just an hour's drive from the city. Why ...

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Japanese artist Katsushika ...

With no solid object of fixed colour against which to correlate, "blue" has historically had the capacity to range loosely ...

Though insight into the history of Japanese art-making and the trajectory of Hokusai’s career can be found in any number of his works, Under the Wave off Kanagawa has continued to capture the ...

In France, in Britain, and soon in America, a whole new kind of art would emerge: born in Tokyo, spanning the whole world. In “Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence,” an exhibition of Japanese ...

“He’s sort of the father of manga and anime art. When you look at the anime cartoons that the kids love so much and Japanese comic books and look at some of Hokusai’s works, it’s so simila ...

by one of the most important scholars of Japanese art in the English-speaking world, was enormously helpful in planning the upcoming exhibition. It discusses in detail the background of Hokusai ...

A Google search for “Hokusai Great Wave” brings back 3.6 ... and that's why,” Sarah Thompson, curator of Japanese art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, told Forbes.com.