Kumiko emerged in the Asuka era between about 600 and 700 C.E. and eschews nails in favor of perfectly cut pieces that notch ...

In his cozy workshop behind his D.C. home, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick, a Craft Show featured artist, uses the raw material of his practice: a five-foot-long, two-inch-thick plank of ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place.

Noh, a type of traditional Japanese theater, has been performed for 650 years, since the Muromachi period (1336-1573). Zeami, who perfected the art, taught that the most important element of noh is ...

Japan is drawing fresh attention for the opportunities posed by its relatively affordable prices despite strong demand from domestic collectors. "When asked where Asia's largest art market is ...

Pearl divers in Kuwait used to make music with a complex rhythmic pattern, but when Kuwait banned pearl diving in 1955, the music stopped with it. That captured the imagination of Ghazi Faisal ...

A mysterious underwater structure off the coast of Japan has some experts wondering if we've seriously underestimated ancient civilizations. Known as the Yonaguni Monument, 82 feet (24.99 meters) ...

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Artists who have found internet fame through their digital work are increasingly bringing their art into the physical world, and galleries and museums are opening their doors to them. Digital ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – An ancient Greco-Roman bronze statue that ... on public display one final time at the Cleveland Museum of Art before being returned to the Turkish government.

Archaeologists recently uncovered the remains of a remarkably well-preserved dog from ancient Rome – and the discovery highlights the prevalence of ritual sacrifice in antiquity. The excavation ...