A century ago, the Japanese critic Sōetsu Yanagi, with the potters Shōji Hamada and Kawai Kanjirō, coined the term Mingei (“art of the people”), an elision of minshūteki kōgei (“ordinary people’s ...

Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi (Origins of the Yuzu Nenbutsu Sect) 融通念仏縁起 (detail), Handscroll, Kamakura or period, 14th century, Japan, Ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian ...

Impact of 19th and early 20th International Expositions on Japanese arts and crafts with Shinya Maezaki (Professor, Kyoto Women's University) and François Lachaud (Professor of Japanese Studies, École ...

Our critic Jason Farago shares what you shouldn’t miss in a bustling city that is best discovered at a leisurely pace. Credit...via Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum; via Nihon Mingeikan; via Tokyo ...

In June 1934, at the age of 24, long before he became known as “the father of modern management,” Peter Drucker was walking home from work in London and was suddenly caught in a rainstorm. He sought ...

It is often said that Japanese traditional crafts are in danger of extinction, but there are also proactive movements to support them, such as the activities of JapanCraft21. The importance for the ...

While South Korea’s art scene has been stealing the spotlight in recent years, Japan is staging a quiet yet deliberate comeback. A recently published study by Dr. Clare McAndrew (the brains behind the ...

A VERY interesting essay upon the Japanese art collections in the National Library was read by Mr. Edward Strange at a meeting of the Japan Society held last year in London. Mr. Strange proved his ...

Japan’s art market has outperformed the global industry over the past five years, according to a new report from art economist Clare McAndrew. While global sales ticked up just 1 percent from 2019 to ...

Benesse Art Site Naoshima, a sprawling art constellation on three islands, adds a 10th museum by the star architect Tadao Ando that caps the cultural quest of Soichiro Fukutake. The Naoshima New ...