The essay provides context for this lesson by describing key points of Japanese history during the Heian Period. The Heian period is considered the peak of the Japanese aesthetic tradition. Art, ...

Staged at Whitestone Gallery, Hisashi Tenmyouya is pioneering Neo-Nihonga, employing traditional techniques in decidedly ...

Stone masons from Song China, who had come to Japan to help rebuild Tōdaiji (largely destroyed during the Genpei Wars between the Taira and Minamoto warrior clans at the end of the Heian period ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...

Japan’s Tokaido Road existed as a significant trade route connecting Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo). Used for several hundreds of ...

Director Shimako Sato was determined to quash any preconceptions her latest film, “The Yin Yang Master Zero,” must be set in the Heian Period ... in ancient Japan known as “onmyoji.” ...

The Fukuda Art Museum is a brand new institution that celebrates the Saga-Arashiyama district of Kyoto, an area of natural beauty that was famously popular with Heian Period (794-1185) nobility and ...

TAKASAKI, Gunma -- This year's Art Project Takasaki, an exhibit of modern works ranging from a giant banana peel to avant-garde calligraphy, has kicked off in this east Japan city and its ...

On the orders of Emperor Shomu, who wished for the happiness of everyone, the temple was built through the cooperation of 2.6 million people, around half of Japan's population at the time. People ...

Hands-on lessons in the art of creating food replicas have caught on with foreign visitors keen to learn more about a distinctive Japanese craft that has evolved for over 100 years. Food replicas are ...

Hands-on lessons in the art of creating food replicas ... food replicas trace their roots to the period from the late 1910s to early 1920s in Japan, when dining out became popular due to the ...