Following to the “Hokusai inspired house in Cyprus,” I found more Hokusai reproductions. Let me share two of them here! First of all, this is the Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock…

Today, I want to introduce 28 year-old Japanese graphic artist, Aya Kato, who creates illusional Japanese style art in a new sense. She has worked for Hitachi’s advertisement, Microsoft WindowsXP…

      This is a famous Japanese ukiyoe (woodblock printing) artist, Hokusai(1760-1849)’s “Great Wave off Kanagawa.” Because this is very famous, you may have seen the image used on…

  Do you know anything about Japanese calligraphy? I have posted articles about calligraphy several times before (http://www.japanstyle.info/?p=7242, http://www.japanstyle.info/?p=5598), I had the opportunity to meet a calligraphy teacher and talk…

  July 7 is Tanabata, Star Festival, in Japan. It has already passed but let me introduce Tanabata, one of the summer traditions in Japan. I have introduced about Tanabata…

  [W:Kadomatsu] are New Year’s decorations we place in the entrance of a house in Japan. August is not really a season for talking about New Year’s decorations, but I…

In Japan, depending on season and time, you see many people wearing masks to prevent pollen or flu. In the past post “Fighting against Pollen in Japan,” I showed you…

  In a past post, I introduced “phonetikana” which are katakana with the pronunciations on them. Today, I want to show you another unique Japanese character graphics by a different…

      This is a tanbo art -paddy field art in English- exhibited in Inakadate village in [W:Aomori Prefecture] in 2009. It is NOT painted or burnt but various…

  If you like Japanese art and to build your muscle, you may find it interesting. I found this unique weigh that makes exercise more fun!  

    This is a copy of Hokusai work. It is one of his Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, the woodblock print series. A blogger got this from a capsule…