Shin-hanga is a 20th-century take on ukiyo-e, an older form of Japanese woodblock printing, that evolved as artists sought to modernize and widen the appeal of their craft. Bill Fernandez ...

Image credit: Utagawa Kuniaki II, 1835 - 1888 (Japanese), Ōzumō Keiko no zu [Professional Sumo Wrestlers Practicing], 1866, woodcut on paper, 13 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Gift of Special Collections, Norlin ...

The Met in New York has teamed up with Band-Aid to offer bandages printed with the museum's most iconic works.

Woodblock art of this time took influence from internal styles ... The movement as a whole was influenced by the import and wide availability of Western art in Japan. Artist Ohara Koson’s work is ...

“Monet’s Floating Worlds at Giverny” will give museum visitors a look at some of the Japanese woodblock prints, known as ukiyo-e, which influenced Monet and many other artists during the ...

A chat with the architect behind the New York institution’s transformation and an art historian’s view on it, plus a chat ...

“I admire Japanese woodblock prints for a variety of reasons, but my favourite is their historical significance and how much they have influenced western artists over the years,” said Mya O ...

There are two figures. One is feminine, the other is masculine. The masculine figure seems to be farther away because he is much smaller and higher in the image. The feminine figure takes up about a ...