Japanese history reveals that Hi-Nin ( ()) were an outcast group during the Edo Period. It is directly translated to "non-human" as "Hinin". In Hinin, people were forced to engage in activities that ...

A newly discovered pair of painted folding screens have been confirmed to be the joint work of renowned Edo Period artists Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) and Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). The screens were ...

From traditional snow country to a hotel staffed by robots, here are five hidden gems that’ll make Japan feel anything but ...

a workshop in Kyoto’s Shimogyo Ward founded in the late Edo Period--the only remaining maker of magic mirrors in Japan, according to its representatives. The late Shinji Yamamoto, a third ...

Artwork identified as collaboration between two famed Edo Period artists The folding screen painting appears to be a joint effort by celebrated artists Ito Jakuchu and Maruyama Okyo, created ...

"I believe it was built in a Western style by artisans who had learned the traditional methods used for Edo-era castles. The remains clearly show what Japan's modernization looked like," says ...

Misconceptions about geisha that stem from highly sensationalized stories from Western perspectives flatten the complex cultural artistry of the profession.

TOKYO -- Through well-worn tools and traditional techniques, a long-established workshop in the Japanese capital carries forward the art of dyeing. The Tomita Sen-Kogei Co. dyeing studio, along ...

Known as the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan's civilization dates as far back ... For centuries, Japanese artists and poets have been inspired by Mount Fuji's almost perfectly round form.

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