The Japanese term bunjinga refers to a style of painting produced by literati (bunjin). Bunjinga traces its roots to the paintings of Chinese literati of Song dynasty (960–1267). In Japan, bunjinga is also known as nanga (Southern pictures) in...
The earliest surviving paintings in Japan date from the Kofun period (300–710 CE), when large tomb mounds (kofun) were constructed for all classes of society and ornamented with various painted designs. Distinctive among them is the...
Decorative motifs come and go. But one that seems to resurface each summer is the fish. During a workshop Aug. 26 at Black Hill Regional Park in Boyds, Md., participants will learn the Japanese decorative art of gyotaku, using a real fish and...
Traditional Japanese art aesthetics that stressed minimalism have been replaced by individualism and creative freedom. The Japanese International Art Fair now features bizarre works such as a stuffed buffalo head mounted on a white panel. TO SEE the double face of the Japanese...
(EDS: THIS IS THE 2ND OF 2 FEATURES ON INTERNATIONAL LICENSING EXPO HELD RECENTLY IN N.Y.) Sachiko Shintani, an entrepreneur from Japan, hopes more patterns and illustrations created by Japanese freelance artists will be licensed to American manufacturers. Shintani, 30, believes Japanese...
The brother of a Romanian woman believed to have been abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s arrived in Japan from Romania Friday to see a group of relatives of Japanese abductees. Gabriel Bumbea, 39, whose older sister Doina went missing...
