International News and Japanese art
Japanese Art and High Culture (Edo to Meiji Born Artists) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Kanzan Shimomura (1873–1930) stands as one of Wakayama’s distinguished artistic sons, a painter whose…
Japanese Art and the Flow of Beauty – Birds, Landscapes, and Lotus Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Tokuoka Shinsen (1896–1972) emerged from the cultural landscape of Kyoto, a city…
Japan Art and Okuyama Gihachiro (World of Black and White) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Okuyama Gihachiro (1907–1981) created a distinctive world where black and white became far more…
Japanese Art and Nishimura Goun: Exquisite Birds Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Nishimura Goun (1877–1938) was born in Kyoto during the early Meiji Period (1868–1912), an…
Kyoto in Art: Buddhism, Shinto, and the Dreamlike World of Inagaki Toshijiro Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Inagaki Toshijiro (1902–1963) was born in Kyoto, a city where artistic refinement,…
Ike no Taiga and Japanese Art: China, Edo, and Cultural Identity Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Edo Period is often cast in the shadow of isolation and rigid…
Japanese Art and Culture – Deer and Spirituality Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi, a contemporary artist from northern Japan, imbues this artwork with a quiet yet profound…
Art of Japan – Delightful Mix and High Culture Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Suzuki Shōnen (1848–1918) was born in the ancient cultural capital of Kyoto…
Japanese Art and Poetry: Jizō and the Spiritual Landscape of Impermanence (Buddhism) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi frequently explores religious themes in her artwork, drawing inspiration from…
Kobayakawa Shūsei: Art Beyond the Nightmare of History Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Kobayakawa Shūsei (1885–1974) was born in Hyōgo Prefecture and lived through one of…