"The exhibition was created in collaboration with the Kyoto City Zoo. This is the first time we have looked at our works not only from an art historical point of view but also from the perspective of zoology," says Meiko Nagashima, a curator at the ...full story

Kamishibi heavily influenced the art of mangas as well, which are Japanese graphic novels. "I did research in Kyoto under a Kamishibi master and went to a manga museum there," Specht explained. "They have a whole room dedicated to Kamishibi for its ...full story

... Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka and Faenza, he was awarded Merit Prize at the 1st Taiwan International Ceramics Biennale in 2004. In 2010 he received the Kyoto City Artist Prize, which is one of the most valuable Japanese art awards. — acidolatte.blogspot.com.full story

His friends in the Tokyo art world received the news with a great sense of loss, but that feeling quickly turned to an urgent sense of purpose as they set about preserving his memory and works. They collected 51 paintings from Aoki's tragically short ...full story

To some city officials, it's art worthy of its own exhibit. The craftiness impressed Osaka Mayor Kunio Hiramatsu, who said he suspects the mystery person is trying to convey a message. At a news conference on Tuesday he said, “I might get in trouble ...full story

In September, he will deliver the illustrious Norton Lectures at Harvard, and was the 2011 recipient of the Kyoto Prize for Arts and Philosophy, the Japanese equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Nobel laureate Gordimer will read from her work and talk about ...full story

The bridge is also a device to help us see Japanese art better. Cityscapes: "Nihonbashi bridge and Teikoku Seima Kaisha Ltd. buidling," by Hori Kiyoshi (1935). KUBOSO MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF ARTS, IZUMI, OSAKA You might think that the clue is in the name of ...full story

He has also won a number of awards: Winner at the Toyamura International Sculpture Biennial in Japan in 1999; First Prize in the Sculpture Category in a biennial in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain in 2000; Finalist at the Osaka Triennials in Japan in 1992, ...full story

KYOTO — Three never-exhibited works by the renowned Japanese painter and poet Yumeji Takehisa (1884-1934) will go on display late this year at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, according to the museum. The paintings — two portraits of a ...full story

... Osaka has visited the museum to advise on the installation, interpretation and conservation of the woodblocks. The exhibition will open to the public on July 21 and run through the summer, with an Autumn exhibition called The Art of Advertising, ...full story