These portraits included Yang Guifei, the 8th-century Chinese consort of the Tang emperor Xuanzong whose beauty was legendary; Benzaiten, the Japanese Buddhist goddess of music and the arts; and a ...

ART REVIEW Harvard art exhibition ventures deep into Japan’s thriving Edo period By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent, Updated March 12, 2020, 12:09 p.m.

The Japan Art Festival at Fargo’s Plains Art Museum offers a unique, hands-on experience celebrating traditional Japanese ...

These delicate yet powerfully evocative images are the fullest expression of the Edo period (1603 to 1868), when the Japanese aesthetic focus on art and natural beauty achieved full flower.

The first traveling exhibition of Japanese art ever displayed at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts opens this weekend, providing a window into Japan’s reaction to Western influences in the early 20th ...

Discover the Rich History of Edo-era Cuisine, Spark Your Botanical Creativity at a Kokedama Workshop, and Savor the Taste and History of Sake ...

Traditional Japanese erotic art – shunga – flourished during the Edo period (1603–1867), along with the rise of ukiyo-e ...

Put together by the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, it is derived from the estate of businessman John Chandler Bancroft, which donated 3,700 Japanese woodblock prints to the museum in 1901.

Shikioriori: Living Through the Seasons in Edo Japan On view February 12 - June 28, 2016 During the Edo period (1603–1868), the rhythm of the year included activities and events tied to the changing ...

How Hokusai’s Art Crashed Over the Modern World The MFA Boston shows how one of the greatest printmakers, from Edo Japan, inspired a tidal wave of followers, from Gauguin to Lichtenstein.