Birds, flowers and gold: the world of Kanō Mitsunobu
A closer look at Japanese screen painting, seasonal movement and the gold ground in Birds and Flowers, attributed to Kanō Mitsunobu and Kanō Shōei.
Japanese art
Explore Japanese pictures through their patterns, plants, birds and landscapes, from painted screens to prints and the artists who made them.
Hokusai beyond the Great Wave: 14 prints to know
The Great Wave made Hokusai the most famous artist in Asia, but it is one print among thousands. Here are fourteen more: views of Fuji, ghosts, flowers, cranes and poems.
Japanese woodblock prints: 20 ukiyo-e masterpieces
Hiroshige’s snow and fireworks, Utamaro’s beauties, Harunobu’s lovers and Kuniyoshi’s warriors: twenty Japanese woodblock prints, how they were made, and how to hang them.