Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Openings in Tokyo Sep 11, 2013
'A Toast to the Drinking Glass: In History and Life'
by Jordan Sievers and Jordan C. Sievers
As the title suggests, an everyday object becomes a spectacle of art and history for this exhibition, which explores the evolution of the drinking glass from primitive to modern times. With a focus on historical artworks depicting the usage of various drinking vessels for ...
Art Jul 17, 2013
The different brush strokes of Tani Buncho
by Rhiannon Paget
The latest exhibition at the Suntory Museum of Art commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Tani Buncho — a painter, connoisseur and art historian of formidable energy and with an insatiable drive for knowledge. Of samurai lineage, Buncho underwent foundational art training ...
Openings in Tokyo Jun 27, 2013
'Tani Buncho: Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of His Birth'
by Natashi Vik
The Suntory Museum of Arts is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of prominent Edo Period painter Tani Buncho. A painter of Kanto-region nanga (literati) style, Buncho’s work features detailed Chinese landscapes and scenery inspired by traditional poems. He was influenced by a ...
Art Jun 6, 2013
Mono no aware: subtleties of understanding
by C.B. Liddell
The essence of the "Mono no aware and Japanese Beauty" exhibition, currently at the Suntory Museum of Art, is the appreciation of things in the shadow of their future absence.