Art and design
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Unseen wonders: 70 years of Japanese female photographers – in pictures
Japanese photography has traditionally been dominated by men – but a new collection, I’m So Happy You Are Here…
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‘A true multi-sensory experience’: the Met celebrates Japanese poetry, calligraphy and painting
In an immersive and transporting new exhibition, three key areas of Japanese art are brought together and prai…
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‘I make reality out of fantasy’: Hiroshi Sugimoto on fooling the world with his camera
As his survey opens in Sydney, the legendary photographer talks about using light and shadow to bring the dead…
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Tokyo’s oldest train line – in pictures
A reportage of stations along the circular JR Yamanote line in Tokyo, capturing the hustle and bustle at the h…
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Yoshida review – brilliant prints bleached of historical colour
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London Three generations of a family of artists are presented without the tumultuous …
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The origin of all things: Kyotographie 2024 – a photo essay
The 12th annual Kyotographie photography festival features 13 exhibitions staged in striking locations across …
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Cracking geysers: the world’s most thrilling hot springs – in pictures
They can be sacred, space-like, healing or heart-shaped – and anywhere on Earth. Even war can’t get between pe…
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FBI returns 22 looted artifacts to Japan after discovery in Massachusetts attic
Investigation of items that were stolen during the Okinawa battle began after family discovered them in late f…
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‘I am not very good at design’: architecture’s top honour goes to Riken Yamamoto
The Pritzker prize has been won by the 78-year-old Japaneses master whose whose work ranges from an open-acces…
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‘If God is in everything, that includes toilets’: Kōji Yakusho on cleaning high-art loos in Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days
The star of Tampopo, Babel and The Eel reveals how it felt to share the screen with 17 stunning Tokyo lavatori…
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Lovingly reconstructed miniatures of Tokyo houses – in pictures
The Swedish artist Christopher Robin Nordström had wanted to visit Tokyo since he was a child and, when he fin…
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Lovingly reconstructed miniatures of Tokyo houses – in pictures
The Swedish artist Christopher Robin Nordström had wanted to visit Tokyo since he was a child and, when he fin…
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Japan’s dying art of cormorant fishing – in pictures
This 1,300-year-old fishing technique consists of swinging a basket of flames over the river to wake the ayu r…
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Dekotora: the decorated trucks of Japan – a photo essay
Photographer Julie Glassberg has been documenting the misunderstood alternative culture based around brightly-…
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Pokémon no go: Van Gogh Museum stops free cards amid tout chaos
Booming resale market for cards featuring Pikachu in style of Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait With Grey Felt HatThey …
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Japan’s floating world, Britain’s lakes of paint and California’s sculpted light – the week in art
Also, a newly restored first world war masterpiece and a 400-year-old portrait of one of the world’s first pro…
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Japan: Myths to Manga review – kids, can you see the rabbit grinding rice on the moon?
Young V&A, LondonJapan’s rich folklore has hugely influenced movies, manga, anime and video games, as this…
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Sizzling hunks, street smash-ups and kabuki rebels: the dazzling photography of Daidō Moriyama
The enigmatic Japanese photographer, who took some of the 20th century’s most compelling images, is finally ge…
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One kissa is all it takes: Tokyo’s finest jazz haunts – in pictures
Jazz kissa are niche Japanese cafes stacked with whisky, vinyl and high-end audio systems. Philip Arneill capt…
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‘I try to photograph the unseen’: Michael Kenna on 50 years of shooting breathtaking landscapes
A new book celebrates half a century of work by the landmark English photographer, who has captured everything…