While majoring in dyeing at the Tokyo University of the Arts, Tatehana produced kimono made of Yuzen-dyed fabrics and "geta" wooden clogs. In January last year, he unveiled the bizarre-shaped shoes at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum as part of his ... full story
Seven local art critics including Seo Seong-rok, head of the Korean Association of Art Critics and Andong National University professor, and three international art critics including Fumio Nanjo, director of the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, were nominated ... full story
Importantly, unlike in the past, such comments came not only from those who criticised the Trial but also from those who regarded the legacy of the Tokyo Trial for contemporary Japan in positive terms. In the field of art, Kinoshita Junji's 1970 play, ... full story
... have the decentered intensity that is its hallmark -- and coincidentally just happens to be one of the key characteristics of Japanese art and society. Mikiko Kumazawa's next show will be at Tokyo's Dai-ichi Life Gallery from October 3 to November 11.full story
The "art island" of Naoshima is dotted with calming concrete installations a world away from Tokyo's frenetic pace. Pico Iyer enjoys a moment of serenity Mood indigo: Benesse House, a museum and hotel designed by Tadao Ando. ... full story
Mizuki Tanaka, apprentice to Morio Nakajima, painting a mural of Mount Fuji in the Moto no Yu baths in Tokyo. Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert for the Guardian With a few vigorously applied sweeps of a brush, the backdrop to Japan's best-known ... full story
Her artwork has been exhibited at galleries in New York, Seattle, Toronto, Tokyo, and Paris. This is not the first time Mizuno's art has appeared at Gallery Nucleus; her works appeared at the same gallery in November 2010 and October 2007. ... full story
Thirty-three-year-old Taka Sudo was born and raised in a suburb of Tokyo. He studied law at Rikkyo St. Paul's University in Tokyo, but found his calling in art instead. "When I was learning law, I couldn't find any justice or equity in law, ... full story
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A committee of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization decided at its meeting Tuesday to defer registering the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo, designed by French architect Le Corbusier, as a World Heritage ... full story
From the antique to the modern, from traditional Japanese "nihoga" works to statues and installations drawn from around the world, all will be on display at the upcoming Art Fair Tokyo. The event is the largest art fair in Japan and has earned an ... full story
