This 19th-century Japanese screen of the Floating World, at Harvard Art Museums, depicts Tokyo’s notorious pleasure district, but it’s likely all imagined.

The country’s top dancers have often sought careers abroad but now a young company with big ambitions is aiming to build on ...

19th Century Japanese artist takes over the Outernet - A new installation at the Outernet is bringing the legendary work of Hiroshige to the big screens, in a collaboration with the British Museum ...

It looks like Shadow of the Road's story will overlap with history too, taking place in an alternate 19th-century Japan where yōkai lurk in the dark places of the world and steampunk technologies ...

View JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868), 19th century Ink, colors and gold on paper, Daimyo shunga scroll, eight couples in various erotic positions including a woman smoking a pipe, their kimono untied ...

The kimono is more than a historic artefact, one where ideas and methods of production were to remain constant for centuries.

By combining Hiroshige’s exquisite 19th-century prints with 21st-century technology, we’re able to offer audiences a completely new way to experience his work that is immersive, accessible and deeply ...

The new spring-semester exhibition at Hope College’s Kruizenga Art Museum invites visitors to journey back to the 19th century and travel a legendary Japanese thoroughfare. Opening on Friday, Jan. 14, ...

Speaking to NME, Rise Of The Ronin producer Yosuke Hayashi and director Fumihiko Yasuda have explained why Team Ninja set its open-world samurai game in 19th century Japan.. READ MORE: Is ‘Rise ...

Restoration work on a metal artifact found in Berlin, Germany, has revealed it to be an "ornately decorated" Japanese sword that possibly dates to the 17th century.

A Window into Modern Japan: Using Sugoroku Games to Promote the Ideal Japanese Subject in the Early 20th Century. Sugoroku, Japanese board games, have been popular since the 19th century, if not ...

Trips to Tottenham Court Road are about to be improved a thousand-fold with a new collaboration between Outernet London and the British Museum. Taking place at the Now Building, it will bring the ...