In an ordinary season, "Japanesque: The Japanese Print in the Era of Impressionism" at the Legion of Honor might have outshone everything else the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco offered. But ...

Japanese Yokai art provides an intriguing window into the country's amazing folklore, embodying the spirit of mythical ...

Woodblock print technique. Making Japanese woodblock prints usually involves a team of people: The artist, who creates the design in black ink, on a very thin sheet of washi, ...

The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art debuted “Bird and Blossom,” an exhibition of woodblock prints depicting simple relationships in the natural world, on Jan. 24. Curated by Eleanor Pschirrer-West, ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.

The Ghost of a Fisherman, Tsukioka Kogyo, woodblock print, 1899 National Museum of Asian Art. Oiwa’s husband wanted to remarry his rich neighbor, but his wife was still very much alive. He first ...

Woodblock printing began in Japan and is one of the oldest types of printmaking. In woodblock prints, the design is cut or carved into a piece of wood. Image caption, ...

“With the adoption of letterpress printing, Western binding and paper became standard, replacing Japanese varieties. By 1887, woodblock Japanese books had dramatically decreased amid a flood of ...