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I Walked Japan's Kiso Valley and It Felt Like Stepping Into a Woodblock Print
A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers.
Walk Japan’s ancient travellers’ highway for historic post towns, teahouses and mountain shrines
The Nakasendo road still exists in its entirety - as do dozens of the post towns it weaves between - and can form an epic ...
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Time-Honored Woodblock Prints Soar in Popularity as Spring Festival Approaches
As the 13th-generation inheritor of this century-old workshop ... Today, the Yangjiabu woodblock new year prints are exported to countries like the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea and ...
A First-Timer’s Guide to Skiing in Japan
Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...
Reading Whistler's Nocturne in Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge as a piece of music
Whistler's paintings were first compared to music in 1863 when the French critic Paul Manz described his haunting portrait, ...
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High-tech spin for samurai-era ukiyo-e artist Hokusai at Tokyo exhibit
Visitors can step back in time to Japan's samurai era in ... depicted by the master of Edo Period woodblock art. Technical wizardry from digital imagery firm Ars Techne reproduces the washi paper ...