In a New York streetwear scene dominated by wordmarks, Kommerce is building heavyweight hoodies and graphic tees as ...

It’s a chilly evening in Emeryville, where half-a-dozen martial arts students at a community center are practicing with katana. They kneel, jump and slash, then slowly mimic wiping blood off their ...

Devadatta (Daibadatta), appearance of evil spirits with supernatural arts shows an evildoer who holds sway over a variety of evil spirits. Katsushika Hokusai, 1829 ...

Click to open image viewer. Three Women in Costume, Winding Silk Off Cocoons from Bowls Placed on Ovens; Man in Doorway, All in Costume and Inside Wood Frame Building Drawing CC0 Usage Conditions ...

AMSTERDAM — Originality in art is a slippery criterion. Imitation seems antithetical to it. Yet art never exists outside its context of conventions, traditions, and antecedents. Imitation lurks even ...

Ghost of Yotei gives its revenge-seeking protagonist Atsu a wide range of traditional Japanese weapons to wield, including bows, swords and spears. Last week, however, a Japanese-speaking user on X ...

In 2011, the Los Angles County Museum of Art announced the acquisition of “Cranes,” a breathtaking pair of six-panel painted screens by Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795), Japan’s leading 18th century artist.

TOKYO—When Keiko Takemiya made her manga debut in 1968, her publisher told her that her original drawings for the comic books could be thrown out. She insisted on getting them back, stamping “Please ...

"The Freer Gallery of Art and its Japanese Art Collection" This webinar was the first of series of presentations featuring Japanese and Asian art collections located outside Japan. Dr. Frank Feltens ...