The geishas glide with measured steps across a wooden stage, offering a glimpse of a long-misunderstood tradition that is ...

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A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu ...

The ancient Japanese tradition of “ukiyo-e,” expressed largely through woodblock prints, captured the burgeoning city of Tokyo (then called Edo), in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.

From learning to carve woodblocks or make pottery, to observing artisans at work, tourists can help sustain and revive these art forms just by checking in.

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

May 18, 2001, was when Kunqu Opera was proclaimed by UNESCO as one of the first batch of the Masterpieces of Oral and ...

As a fellow artist focusing on Japanese calligraphy ... then had Thumbelina -- not her real name -- whose paintings inspired 32-year-old Isomura. At first he had assumed the toddler was ...