Despite receiving global acclaim, the artist Munakata Shiko was unassuming — always receding behind his masterpieces. Because to him, making art was everything.
Drawing from her experience in working with craftsmen, food, different cultures and international hotel chains, Kimura shared insightful ideas on the Japanese crafts and the future...
In 1970, the American government returned a collection of 153 paintings that had been deemed problematic to Japan. Technically only on loan, they remain...
It is a somewhat curious experience walking through the streets of the Bikan old merchant district in Kurashiki, the second largest city in Okayama Prefecture....