But she's only a silk ... paintings by Utagawa Kunitsuru so they can be rehung. They won't be ready for the National Cherry Blossom Festival — the annual multi-week celebration of all things ...

In a rare U.S. visit, a collection of 30 Japanese bird-and-flower silk scroll paintings by Ito Jakuchu are on display at the National Gallery of Art, just in time for the National Cherry Blossom F ...

But in honor of the cherry trees’ 100th anniversary on the Tidal Basin, the Japanese government is lending the National Gallery the silk paintings for four weeks. After that, they return to the ...

Art works capture and honor the beauty of natural landscapes and ancient ... of 18 complicated stages so not many Japanese artists use this technique. Besides cotton, katazome has been used to ...

Xu bought the painting for $20 million from a Japanese collector. The more than 30-meter-long Silk Road Landscape Map, which was created in the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), depicts a vast ...

Van Gogh’s tribute to Hiroshige is expressed most dramatically in two paintings that were based on the Japanese artist's prints. The first was inspired by Hiroshige’s The Plum Garden at ...

His book, "Secret Teachings in the Art of Japanese Gardens: Design Principles, Aesthetic Values," is regarded as a classic for its presentation of landscape design principles and translation of ...

“Kintsugi: The Restorative Art of Naoko Fukumaru” runs through Jan. 27 at the Portland Japanese Garden. Artist and conservator Naoko Fukumaru, shown here in a provided photo, applies gold ...

His signature flower characters, rendered in rainbow hues, stand tall against the medieval landscape ... copy of a painting designated a “National Treasure” by the Japanese government ...

Betty Watson's 'Traditional Japanese Embroidery In Silk' exhibition showcases several ... that her work will inspire others to take up the art. She adds: "Japanese embroidery is a continuation ...