Mary Cassatt is an American impressionist known for her radical take on art with feminine subjects. The exhibit called "Mary ...

Trudging through the ruins of Hiroshima after the US atom bombing four days before in 1945, five-year-old Masaki Hironaka ...

Allison Tolman will engage her audience with a thought-provoking lecture and discussion on Japanese prints on Thursday, July 9, at Highfield Hall and Gardens. Start time for the talk is ...

Flac, Mauritius, Maradiva Villas Resort & Spa has 64 villas with private plunge pools and easy ocean access. Here's what it's ...

Tracing Japan’s story from its prehistoric beginnings around 14,500 BCE to its rise as a cutting-edge modern nation, the new release “The Shortest History of Japan” by author Lesley Downer offers ...

But in this work, by the Japanese American poet-illustrator Haruka Aoki, a cat is, delightfully, just a cat. In their first cover, for the June 16, 2025, issue, Aoki celebrates the animal’s playful ...

Inspired by the author's book Kwaidan (1904), a collection of stories of the supernatural and translations of haiku poetry, a travelling exhibition entitled Kwaidan - Encounters with Lafcadio Hearn, ...

9 great new Bay Area coffee and tea spots Wildly creative lattes, crazy popular tea riffs and new twists on the croissant theme ...

From a flair for the psychedelic to revivals of archival prints, 2024’s fabric and wallpaper debuts evoked an unabashed enthusiasm ...

French painter Henri Matisse first came into contact with ukiyo-e woodcut prints in the early 20th century, when various world fairs brought Japanese art to Europe. Struggling to get his own ...

TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92. Tanikawa, who translated the ...

Haiku, a Japanese form of poetry, is now finding its way in India too, with poets across the country exploring this poetic form characterised by three lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. While ...