Shows at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Denver Art Museum explore personal and professional struggle of those ...

Born into a wealthy family in 1896 in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture ... to be seen as legitimate artists in the mid-20th century. “This art form wasn’t really recognized at the time in ...

Unifying the people through a strong sense of identity, national interest, and pride was a goal of the Meiji government in the late 1800s and continued into the 20th century. The emperor was one ...

Even the samurai's understanding of art and poetry can be traced ... Ieyasu's family line ruled Japan through the mid-19th century. By the first few decades of the 17th century, Japan had finally ...

The lessons draw upon a range of historical source materials—including art, literature ... quickly from the Meiji Restoration (1868) to the mid-20th century, with a quick overview of the Sino-Japanese ...

YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture--The sprawling gardens at the Adachi Museum of Art ... in Japan as Sukiya Living Magazine, which ranked the gardens as the nation’s most splendid for the 20th ...