Yoshio Taniguchi: thriving in the shadow of greatness
Architect Yoshio Taniguchi generally doesn't like having his photograph taken for use in the media. In a way, it's a logical extension of his approach to his work, which could be described as architecture by subtraction. Having painstakingly removed everything extraneous from a design, ...
The back story to Taiwan's treasures
The artworks and objects on display at the Tokyo National Museum's latest show, "Treasured Masterpieces from the National Palace Museum, Taipei," have had something of checkered history. A large part of this was due to the efforts of the Japanese Imperial Army to get ...
The exhibition of treasures from Taipei's National Palace Museum at the Tokyo National Museum through Sept. 15 is the first exhibition of its kind in an Asian country outside Taiwan. That's why it is attracting big crowds of Japanese.
Display of ancient Chinese artifacts from the last millenium gets the go-ahead after Tokyo corrects wording on official promotional materials.
Tokyo National Museum bends to Taiwan to salvage exhibition of Chinese treasures
Tokyo curators rethink earlier decision on wording of promotional materials for an exhibition of Chinese treasures as Taiwan’s first lady postpones her visit to Japan.
'Treasured Masterpieces from the National Palace Museum, Taipei'
The National Palace Museum, Taipei, is one of the world's largest collections of ancient Chinese artifacts and artworks, housing more than 696,000 items, many of which are outstanding masterpieces. In a display that explores the development of Chinese aesthetics and its strong influence on Japanese ...
Museums to display Taiwan's treasures
Japan will host two exhibits of more than 200 artifacts from Taiwan's National Palace Museum, regarded by many as having the foremost collection of Chinese antiquities in the world. The exhibits, which will run from June until November, will be the first of their kind ...
'Roots of Zen: Yosai and the Treasures of Kenninji'
Kenninji is the oldest of what is known as the Kyoto Gozan, the five leading Zen Buddhist temples of Kyoto. It houses various artworks but is particularly famous for the designated national treasure "Fujin-Raijin" ("The Wind and Thunder Gods"), a gold-leaf embellished screen painting ...
Hasekura Tsunenaga's portrait has a tale to tell
History is littered with grand projects and dashed expectations that are no less intriguing than its moments of triumph and heroism. A large portrait in oils of a splendidly attired, mid-ranking samurai posing regally in a Roman palace in the early 1600s bears witness ...
Once admired from afar, now enjoyed up close
Billed as an exhibition of masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), "Admired from Afar" is the latest in a number of exhibitions of Japanese art from American collections.
'Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art'
The Cleveland Museum of Art, which houses one of the best collections of Japanese art in the world, brings 50 masterpieces to Tokyo.
Exploring Japan's ancient capital inside and out
Beneath Kyoto, the destination par excellence of tourists, aesthetes, and historians, are the scars and ashes of a much older capital of Japan. Founded in 794 as the seat of imperial authority, after a devastating civil war from 1467 to 1477, the city was ...
