For Kaori Kubo's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
April 9-June 5 Traditional arts and crafts are important historical elements of our heritage, but they are often forgotten and neglected. Former soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata initiated the "Revalue Nippon Project" several years ago to help promote Japanese culture and encourage visitors to look again at ...
April 5-June 19 Posters are designed to attract attention — the really good ones also tempt their viewers to buy or do something. Graphic designer Ikko Tanaka (1930-2002) was arguably one of the best graphic designers in Japan, creating unique posters with bold geometric designs ...
April 2-May 22 Exhibitions are usually defined by a theme or narrative, with works not only carefully selected by a curator, but also displayed in a calculated manner that includes the placement of pieces and the order they are shown. This makes many exhibitions a ...
April 2-May 15 Edward Gorey's detailed pen-and-ink drawings often conveyed a macabre mysteriousness through their shadowy figures and dark backgrounds. His knack of combining the eerie and sometimes unsettling with underlying humor won him many fans, and he became well known for illustrating a number ...
March 21-April 17 Meguru Yamaguchi doesn't believe that painting should be restricted to canvases. The New York-based artist takes paint out of its usual context using a technique he calls "Cut and Paste." This involves making collages from pieces of acrylic paint that have been ...
April 1-24 Any major ukiyo-e fan would have seen Utagawa Kunisada's work at least once. He was the most prolific of the key woodblock-print artists to document life in the Edo Period (1603-1868), producing works that have since been exhibited worldwide. Though ukiyo-e are popular primarily ...
March 2-13 Loved for its vibrant colors — glazes of red, blue, yellow, purple and green — Kutani porcelain has a history of more than 350 years. This exhibition highlights the work of Keigo Kamide, a sixth-generation ceramicist of Kutani Choemon, a kiln that has been ...
Feb. 27-April 11 Kids' fashion was once a very different thing to what it is today. Before the 1800s, children often wore similar outfits, whether they were boys and girls, and until the mid-19th century parents often dressed children like miniature adults, emulating their own ...
