In addition to Ze'ami, in Kyoto we meet a young conservator working on a Buddha statue, observe a noh mask maker carefully ply his chisel, watch a noh actor during and after a performance, and witness the rebuilding rituals of the Great Shrine of Ise ...full story

We are also excited to welcome newcomers from all four corners of the world, including Lagos, Berlin, Beijing, Dubai, Buenos Aires, Osaka, Mumbai, and São Paulo." For Arthouse - The Space, easily the most established and highly respected auction house ...full story

Last week, New York Post media reporter Keith J. Kelly had the scoop on a shake-up at Louise Blouin Media. Depending on which side was talking, the departure of editor-in-chief Ben ... Since joining the magazine in 2010 as senior associate editor ...full story

The event in Kobe will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Kobe Art Village Center, a five-minute walk from Shinkaichi Station on the Kobe Kosoku Line. The Kyoto session will run from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Kyoto Art Center, five minutes by foot ...full story

Asian art dealership, Yamanaka & Company, Inc., was one of the primary providers of Asian antiquities to the west, and had offices in New York, Beijing, Osaka and London. Some time prior to 1940, one of its employees removed this painting from a Korean ...full story

To counter the usual emphasis on Edo (now Tokyo) and Kyoto in Japanese art scholarship, and the idea of a homogenous people, Points of Departure is organized by region-beginning in the South, traditionally the entry point for influences from China ...full story

Inside Japan offers a 15-night self-guided Arts Trail tour, including two nights on Naoshima, as well as art spots in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nagoya, Hakone and Matsue. See insidejapantours.com. MORE INFORMATION. setouchi-artfest.jp; benesse-artsite.jp/en.and more »full story

He was born and raised in an inner city working-class Osaka neighborhood, and his fascination for architecture began while watching carpenters rebuild the tenement row house that was his family's home. However, economic hardships and academic ...full story

The exhibition is organized by the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, which has provided 50 of the paintings on display. The Japanese artists here, which include names familiar in Japan such as Seiki Kuroda, Sotaro Yasui and Fujita Tsuguharu , in ...full story

Japanese artwork collected by an American who served as an art adviser for the General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers has returned to Tokyo for a limited time. “Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the ...full story