A group of dealers, the Japanese Art Dealers Association, is collaborating on a three-day exhibition of some 100 works, all of which are for sale. The show will be at the Fletcher-Sinclair mansion ...

The Art of Simple Living: 100 Daily Practices from a Japanese Zen Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy Shunmyo Masuno, trans. from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell. Penguin, $20 (224p) ISBN ...

Japanese Tea Ritual Turned 15th Century 'Tupperware' Into Art : The Salt Eight hundred years ago, tea traveled to Japan from China in simple, ceramic storage jars. These ancient jugs, now on ...

In the hands of Japanese netsuke carvers like Ryushi Komada, something quite mundane becomes sublime. From a simple block of wood emerges a delicate and expressive face, the sense of movement in ...

Most people know of the Japanese plant art of bonsai, in which tiny trees are cultivated in stylish pots. Few people are aware, though, of a related Japanese pursuit named kusamono, in which ...

Japanese art has long been associated with a simple and elegant portrayal of nature. Embodying that approach is the Nihonga movement of the turn of the 20th century, which uses all-natural ...

Dwight Hwang has mastered gyotaku art, which is the Japanese version of taxidermy. The Orange County artist's work can be found in restaurants and scientific research.

When one thinks of Christianity, Japan is not usually a place that comes to mind. Less than one percent of the 125 million population in Japan calling themselves Christians.

According to Shozo Sato, artist and author of The Art of Arranging Flowers, its origins can be traced back to the sixth century, when China introduced Buddhism to Japan. Simple flower arrangements ...