Culture
Art
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Painting attributed to feudal lord Date Masamune found
An ink painting of Daruma, or Bodhidharma, believed to be the work of feudal lord Date Masamune (15...
June 1, 2022
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Kogin-zashi adds traditional touch to daily life
Kogin-zashi embroidery is traditional needlework originally from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefec...
May 19, 2022
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International support urged for Ukrainian cultural properties
World Heritage sites and other valuable cultural properties in Ukraine are facing a crisis due to Ru...
May 12, 2022
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Yellow scissors and a tiny world of paper art
Blunt-tip scissors with yellow handles might come to mind for some people in Japan when recalling th...
May 6, 2022
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Seto Inland Sea triennale art festival opens
TAKAMATSU — Art lovers are traveling to the Seto Inland Sea as contemporary artists from Japan and a...
May 5, 2022
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Modigliani paintings grace Osaka museum
OSAKA — Painter Amedeo Modigliani is featured in a special exhibition ongoing at Nakanoshima Museum ...
April 28, 2022
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NYC’s first-ever Japanese heritage parade set for next month
NEW YORK (AP) — People of Japanese descent are gearing up for their first-ever parade in New York Ci...
April 28, 2022
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Le Corbusier-designed museum of art reopens in Tokyo
After a 1½-year-hiatus for renovations, the National Museum of Western Art (NMWA) in Taito Ward, Tok...
April 21, 2022
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Artists from Ukraine, Russia confront invasion
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a tremendous impact on the arts, as on many other aspects of...
April 14, 2022
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Hirst’s cherry blossom series in bloom in Tokyo
The first major solo exhibition in Japan of a multidisciplinary artist famous for pickling dead anim...
April 13, 2022
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Printmaker holds exhibition to protest war in Ukraine
Deep sorrow over Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine has driven Takashi Ono, a printmaker from Katsu...
April 7, 2022
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Art museums exploiting IT to attract visitors
“This is the first time that ‘Pond with Water Lilies’ by [Claude] Monet has been shown in Japan,” ex...
April 6, 2022
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Photo exhibition showing solidarity with Ukraine begins in Tokyo
A photo exhibition featuring Ukrainians living in Japan wishing for peace amid Russia’s military inv...
April 4, 2022
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880,000-brick Lego cherry tree in full bloom
NAGOYA — A life-sized cherry blossom tree made from about 880,000 Lego bricks is enthralling visitor...
March 27, 2022
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Kintsugi repair technique enjoys new golden age
Kintsugi, a traditional technique that uses lacquer and gold powder to repair cracked or chipped cer...
March 24, 2022
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