Kazuo Ishiguro's An Artist of the Floating World intricately weaves a tapestry of themes that resonate deeply with the complexities of human experience in post-war Japan. Each theme serves as a ...

On exhibit last week, the Met’s 339 Uki-yoye (“pictures of the floating world”) were new proof that no one ever beat the Japanese at printmaking. Before Perry opened Japan to the West ...

This 19th-century Japanese screen of the Floating World depicts Tokyo’s notorious pleasure district, but it’s probably all imagined This delightful, dancing picture at Harvard Art Museums ...