Other programs are: “Art & Me Preservation Family Workshop: Celebrating Cherry Blossoms” March 27 at 10 a.m.; “Look & Listen: Nature in Japanese Art and Music, Kurahashi Yodo II, shakuhachi ...

Damien Hirst knows a canny marketing opportunity when he sees one—hence his plan to show his Cherry Blossom paintings in Japan during the country’s wildly anticipated cherry blossom season ...

According to the National Museum of Asian Art the sakura, or cherry blossoms, have been celebrated in landscapes, figure paintings, or prints by artists from medieval Japan to Katsushika Hokusai ...

From Cherry Blossoms To Snow Gardens: The Floating World of Japanese Prints. February 9–March 23, 2013. From Cherry Blossoms To Snow Gardens features woodblock prints by famed ukiyo-e masters of the ...

Japan's Cherry Blossoms In Brief, Beautiful Bloom The pale pink flowers are coming into bloom just weeks after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the country. Japanese art expert James Ulak ...

Cherry blossoms, or sakura (桜), are one of Japan’s most iconic natural spectacles. Every spring, millions of people travel to witness the breathtaking beauty of cherry blossoms in full bloom.

Cherry blossoms signify impermanence and are one of the most important motifs in Japanese art and popular culture. Cherry blossom season is usually greeted by crowds of locals and tourists taking ...