At a flea market, I found a pair of six-panel folding screens on the ground after a rain depicting a village festival. They were by Kobayashi...
Ukiyo-e caricatures, mischievous demons, and cosplay bunnies by Kuniyoshi and his disciple in this 15th of the series are as fun now as they were 250...
Artist and ukiyo-e collector Toshihiko Isao shares insights into the folk beliefs and art forms that ordinary people turned to as they battled epidemics in past...
Through cat caricatures, awe-inspiring warrior portraits, and snapshots of kabuki actors of the time, explore the exciting point of view of Utagawa Kuniyoshi at the Ota...
Toshihiko Isao receives the 15th Award of the International Ukiyo-e Society for being the first scholar in Japan to focus on the appeal of the artist...
Shinji Tsuchimochi is an ukiyo-e artist planted solidly in the 21st century, and, like the ukiyo-e from 300 years ago, his work represents the best of...
Like the characters in many rakugo stories, Katherine Hepburn portrayed strong female characters with tomboyish charm. Here’s why she would make a great rakugo story.
Zenjidō Yamada is using creativity and talent to illustrate some of these shared experiences, by creating often humorous art that brings a modern spin to the traditional...
Photo Credit: Spring Rainbow, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Private Collection It’s no secret that one thing Japan is famous for abroad is its culinary culture and...
(Part 10 of A Series on Ukiyo-e) The exhibition Last Ukiyoe: Inheritors of Ukiyo-e from the Isao Toshihiko Collection at the Ota Memorial Museum...
(Part 9 of a Series on the Ukiyo-e Art of Kuniyoshi) From November 2 to December 12, 2019, prints from my collection were...
The Ota Memorial Museum of Art in the heart of Tokyo’s Harajuku is displaying 220 examples of ukiyo-e woodblock prints by 37 different artists dating...