Jeff Shore is Professor of Zen in the Modern World at Hanazono University, Kyoto, Japan. He has studied and practiced Zen Buddhism for almost 40 years. Cost: $10, $7 for members, in advance and at the door. Also on display is the exhibit “Small ...full story

Oct 21, 2011 (Japan Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Osaka's Keihan Electric Line might not seem like the ideal gallery space, but the city's Art Area B1 is hoping to change that. "Nishino Travelers: Where is your ...full story

Unsurprisingly, no Americans were hiding out at Tokyo and Kyoto-based Taka Ishii Gallery either. But that's nothing new to director Jeffrey Rosen. “We're a Japanese gallery so we're on the periphery,” he said. “It's not like there are people running to ...full story

Where human figures are represented in the collection, it is generally due to their association with an animal or imaginary creature. he top lot of the sale, a finely detailed ivory netsuke of a stag by the Kyoto master Okatomo, late 18th/early 19th ...full story

The set also includes 12 different miniaturized storyboard packs, each with about 60 pages of art — enough for half a segment from an episode. 16 different illustrated cards with shiny holograms round out the set. Each 7000-yen (about US$91) box comes ...full story

Now, he's about to publish himself a real wingdinger of an art book. For the past year-plus, the 26-year-old voyeur has been working as an English instructor in the small Japanese town of Tango-Hanto, Kyoto prefecture. When he's not posting up in the ...full story

Tabaimo said the piece was inspired by the six years she spent living in Tokyo. “You get a glimpse of your neighbors and you begin to characterize them,” she said. “Your imagination takes flight.” For many viewers, Tabaimo's appeal starts with her ...full story

Across the road from the formidable ramparts of the Imperial Palace, the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, features a terrific retrospective by the Japanese-born, long European-resident painter and sculptor Leiko Ikemura. ...full story

This US premiere of Kobayashi's latest work explores the fragile beauty of maiko from Kyoto by by juxtaposing them with classic fashion poses and stark silhouettes. The exhibition will be open Oct. 7 to 23 in the George J. Doizaki Gallery/South Gallery ...full story

Her work is in the Miyake Collection in Kyoto, Japan. Cost: $35 including materials. Info: Everhart for registration: 346.7186 “Botanical Illustration Made Easy”presented at ArtWorks Gallery & Studio, 503 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, in collaboration ...full story