TOKYO, Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo has launched Collection Tour "Explore with Us," an English-language guide tour, to help visitors get more out of its ...

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Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

Excitement builds for a rare showing of works by the 19th-century painter whose dynamic colors and bold brushstrokes mirrored the avant-garde of the West Tomioka Tessai was beloved for the personality ...

The West was trending in Japan 150 years ago. That might seem like a silly way to put it, but it’s also true. After two centuries of isolationist policy, Japan was forcibly opened up to foreign ...

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Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Part I. An Art History to Be Name / Patrick D. Flores -- Chapter One: The Asian Modern. To Begin With -- Background to This Project -- Comparative Analysis ...