Think of traditional Japanese art, and you imagine a world of discipline and continuous refinement. In this pure quest for beauty, nature takes centre stage in many typical works. Art in Japan can be ...

We spoke to Yamazaki Taeko, director of Tokyo’s leading museum of the genre of Japanese painting known as nihonga, about efforts to make this distinctive art form better known to modern audiences at ...

For Shibunkaku in Kyoto, the Nihonga movement offers lessons about sustainability that are increasingly relevant in a climate-challenged world. By David Belcher Japanese art has long been associated ...

This exhibition of nihonga (Japanese-style painting) is divided into various themes and comprises works from the late 19th century to today, collected from 60 different locations in Japan. Highlights ...

A Nihonga master from Japan is in Kolkata to inspire another revival of indigenous Indian art forms. KOLKATA: Nearly a century after Okakura Kakuzô (Tenshin), cultural ideologue and founder of the ...

"The Avant-Garde of Nihonga 1938-1949" at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto takes issue with nihonga (Japanese-style painting) of the period as a reaction to what has been passed down to the ...

The Yamatane Art Museum may be closed for the time being, but you can still enjoy some of its artworks from the comfort of your home. Aside from the beautiful Nihonga wallpapers and colouring pages ...

Active from the late Meiji to the early Showa eras, Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting) pioneer Gyoshu Hayami (1894-1935) had a relatively short but highly successful career. A founding member ...

Yamatane Bijutsukan Nihonga Awado : mirai o ninau nihonga shinsedai : kaikan 50-shunen kinen tokubetsuten = Yamatane Museum of Art Nihonga Award : meet the future of nihonga : the 50th anniversary of ...