Through raw, psychologically charged paintings, Noh investigates the emotional inheritances that bind generations ...

The Hotel Chelsea is opening a restaurant this month inspired by the Japanese Swiss artist Teruko Yokoi (1924-2020), who ...

Poland's Fret Studio brings "The Border," the true story of Antonina Romanova, a transgendered Ukrainian performance artist who was drafted into the Ukrainian army in 2023. Monika Wachowicz performs, ...

David Bowie was never very close to his parents. He found their cold and distant ways a little too Victorian for his own liking. After all, his own likings were always pretty outré. “If it’s wearing a ...

The traditional Japanese Noh performance “Fuji Musume” by a high school senior was mesmerizing. Her makeup, hair and traditional attire were all flawless thanks to her mom and a bevy of ...

while Kawakubo’s garments can be as dramatic as the costumes worn by performers of Noh, a 14th-century theatrical genre — and that many Japanese people don’t even consider the most outré ...

the devouring ghoul from the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 film “Spirited Away.” His nonface is moon white with only slits for eyes, like a blank Noh mask. In the movie he is ...

Here’s how to explore the best of Japan’s capital, from summer festivals and less-visited neighborhoods to day trips to World Heritage sites. The back streets of Tokyo’s Nihombashi district ...

and the brutal consequences of violence through its striking imagery of masks and the vast susuki grass fields. Voices from the Shadows: Expert Perspectives on the Significance of Japanese Horror ...

Noh mask carver Keiko Udaka is breathing new life into a block of wood from a 200-year-old Japanese cypress tree. In her quiet workshop in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, which also functions as a noh training ...