Japanese printmaking peaked during the Edo Period, which produced such universally recognized (and endlessly knocked-off) works as Hokusai’s “The Great Wave Off Kanagawa.” That era ended in ...

“Freer didn’t buy them as ‘The Waves of ..’ anything,” says James Ulak, senior curator of Japanese art at the Freer and Sackler and who co-curated the exhibit. “They were simply ...

Seunghye Sun, a rising scholar of Japanese and Korean art, has spent much of her career building understandings among two countries with a history of sometimes-bitter tension. Starting in July ...

"The Great Wave" is only placed on display for three months at a time every four years, the Art Institute said. This is because Japanese woodblock prints are affected by light exposure, which can ...

Hokusai is known for his magnificent print “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” 1831 ... Mia’s assistant curator of Japanese and Korean Art, and Galina Olmsted, Mia’s associate curator of ...

With one of the most comprehensive collections of Japanese art in the world ... very top of the museum’s greatest-hits list. One, “Waves at Matsushima,” an 18th-century, six-panel piece ...

“I’ve always loved that combination of flat surfaces and pattern, and the composition that is so important in Japanese art,” says Campbell. Katsushika Hokusai’s iconic print, Under the ...

Last month’s £40mn auctions of the possessions of Freddie Mercury, late frontman of rock band Queen, revealed his fascination with Japanese art. Among his collection was a prime work ...

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa is perhaps the most reproduced image in the history of Japanese art. It has influenced artists such as Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet and Hiroshinge. "Japanese Manga is ...