Japanese Art and Morita Kako (Veiled in Mystery)
Japanese Art and Morita Kako (Veiled in Mystery) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Very little is known about the Japanese artist Morita Kako, whose life remains veiled in the…
Japanese Art and the Bear in Winter
Japanese Art and the Bear in Winter Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi, a contemporary Japanese artist from northern Japan, pays graceful homage to the great Meiji-era master…
Japanese Art and Edo Period: Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795)
Japanese Art and Edo Period: Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795) emerged as one of the great cultural visionaries of the Edo period, transforming…
Japanese Art and Kawabata Gyokusho
Japanese Art and Kawabata Gyokusho Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kawabata Gyokusho (1842–1913) was born beneath the fading lantern glow of the late Edo period and departed this world…
Contemporary Japanese Art by Sawako Utsumi
Contemporary Japanese Art by Sawako Utsumi Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi is a contemporary artist from northern Japan whose paintings transform familiar landscapes into luminous realms of…
Japanese Art and the Sun of Life
Japanese Art and the Sun of Life Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The captivating artwork above is by Maekawa Senpan (1888–1960), who studied Western-style oil painting at the Kansai…
Nichiren via the Lens of Japanese Art
Nichiren via the Lens of Japanese Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Tenrei Horiuchi (1903–1982) completed a beautiful series of woodblock prints devoted to Nichiren during the late 1950s.…
Japan Art and Sōami (Muromachi Period)
Japan Art and Sōami (Muromachi period) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sōami remains one of Japan’s most revered artistic figures from the Muromachi period, and despite the passage of…
Japan Art and Buddhism: Perpetual Travelers
Japan Art and Buddhism: Perpetual Travelers Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japan’s cultural and spiritual landscape has long been shaped by a rich tapestry of faiths and philosophies —…
Japanese Art and the Famous Mountain
Japanese Art and the Famous Mountain Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The first vision of Mount Fuji is by Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891), a master whose remarkable life bridged the…