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Works by Hisako Hibi, Miné Okubo and Miki Hayakawa are featured in “Pictures of Belonging” at the Smithsonian American Art ...
As a teenager growing up in Tokyo, Japan, Madoka Koguchi attended a Japanese production of the musical Cats. The performance ...
Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry ...
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed the hotel in his signature minimalist aesthetic, creating spaces where nature, architecture, and art co-exist. Large apertures open ...
Hayakawa studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York. After graduation, she worked for the TV Tokyo network at its the New York office. Returning to Japan in 2008, she found ...
Through his connections, he somehow got us on what he described as the ‘Japanese Johnny Carson Show,’ where we talked about Japan House and teaching Japanese art and culture in the middle of I ...
A look at Japan’s love of packaging, from impeccably crafted cardboard to lacquered works of art. By Nick Haramis In the story of Urashima Taro, a Japanese folk tale dating to the eighth century ...
Mieko Anekawa has reinvented herself several times over. Her journey began with her study of graphic arts in Japan. That led to working in the high-pressure graphic arts industry in New York City ...
Japan’s cinematic legacy remains one of the highest in the world, and the country’s Agency for Cultural Affairs intends to keep that standard going well into the future. To that end, it has ...
A new exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art showcases the longtime cultural meaning in the practice of chanoyu Nathan Pugh - Freelance Writer The Japanese word for a tea ceremony ...
She has also written a book in Japanese on her tryst with Kerala and Indian art and culture.
Theatre Three opened in 1961, quickly becoming a staple in the local art scene. Editor's note: This story is part of an ongoing series for Arts Access examining the health and well-being of our ...