International News and Japanese art
Japanese Art and Impact of Chinese Culture (Hashimoto Kansetsu) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese artist Hashimoto Kansetsu (1883–1945) possessed a profound admiration for the countless cultural and…
Japanese Novelist and Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909): Enthralled by Russia Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese novelist Futabatei Shimei (1864–1909) was born into the restless tides of the Meiji…
Zen Buddhist Art in Japan: Shunso Joshu Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Shunso Jōshū, born in the mid-eighteenth century, came of age in an…
Japanese Art and Deer Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maekawa Senpan (1888–1960) initially studied oil painting under the renowned Asai Chū and other respected instructors at the Kansai Art…
Yukio Mishima: The Last Great Japanese Writer Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Japan witnessed ever-shifting sands following the Meiji Restoration — an era shaped by modernity and nostalgia, liberalism…
Contemporary Japanese Artist (Transcendental Skyline and Buddhism) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Sawako Utsumi is a contemporary Japanese artist who frequently pays homage to both Japanese and European masters.…
Japanese Art and Aesthetics – Maruyama Ōkyo Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Maruyama Ōkyo (1733–1795) emerged as one of the most innovative and influential artists of the Edo period,…
Japan Art and the Fleeting Life of Birds by Hishida Shunsō Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The luminous painter Hishida Shunsō (1874–1911) belonged to the final, restless decades of…
Japan Art and Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Watanabe Shikō (1683–1755) revealed a rare artistic sensitivity from an early age, his vision shaped within the refined…
Japanese Art and Culture Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Hanabusa Itchō (1652–1724) emerged from the richly layered yet fiercely codified world of the Edo Period as an artist of…