paintings and even in Japanese-style tattoos. Just looking at these wave patterns is a soothing experience, but if you’re feeling creative, then do like the artists and craftsmen of the Meiji ...

"The Art of Japanese Dyeing Patterns" is a small catalog of sorts on tenugui (dyed Japanese cotton towel) maker Kamawanu, and where the book excels is in its photography. Beautiful photos of ...

This is an edition of the weekly newsletter Pattern Grading ... brand owned by a Japanese company) were booming and being sold in stores around the world. That second wave rolled on for a while ...

“I’ve always loved that combination of flat surfaces and pattern, and the composition that is so important in Japanese art,” says Campbell. Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic print, Under the ...

Titled “The Art of Pattern: Henri Matisse and Japanese Woodcut Artists”, it compares the French Fauvist’s use of color, composition, and pattern to three Japanese printmakers: Kikugawa Eizan ...

Jason Farago examines the moment when European art started turning Japanese. In the beginning was the wave. The blue and white tsunami, ascending from the left of the composition like a massive ...

Whether a black-and-gold lacquer box or the vibrant print of a cresting wave, a samurai’s helmet ... “Masterpieces of Japanese Art,” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, focuses on collectors ...

with its thin slats precisely cut to interlock in repeating geometric patterns, has evolved to become a craft celebrated for its own designs. This month, the art form will also be part of the 43rd ...