Retrospectives on Yayoi Kusama often point to mental illness as the source of her inspiration. But before she made it big, she was a young girl inspired by traveling the world for the first time.
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The Japanese artist, acclaimed for infinity mirror rooms, sprawling seas of polka dots, and dancing pumpkins, has died at 97.
Yanagi Sōetsu’s call to value simple, well-made objects feels especially relevant in our current disposable culture.
From the surreal imagery of butoh to Suzuki’s dreamlike approach to theatre, post-war Japan’s performance styles have inspired numerous Australian performers.
With nearly 200 pieces from Yayoi Kusama, dating from the 1930s to 2024, this is a huge and profoundly moving exhibition.
A genre of manga raises important questions about the intersections of storytelling, culture and wellness.
The work of Hiroshi Sugimoto is now on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art. His photographs reveal his reverence for technique.
The exhibition showcases how nature coexists with Japan’s major cities.
A break or moment of failure can be an opportunity to create something new and beautiful.
Issey Miyake’s clothing is both theatrical and practical. The Japanese designer has died aged 84.
Pure Form at the Art Gallery of South Australia brings together some of Japan’s most interesting post-war art.
A new exhibition surveys the haunting Japanese traditions and beliefs that connect the supernatural with the everyday.
The country has reached back more than a thousand years into its early literary heritage for an auspicious name for a new era under a new emperor.
The curse of the tattooed ex was well-known in 18th-century Japan.
Kuro Tanino’s Dark Inn is a contemporary take on traditional Japanese theatre, contemplating the darkness of desire.
Court ruling casts shadow on Japan’s tattoo industry.
When the young Wright moved to Chicago to work for the architect Joseph Silsbee, he was introduced to Japanese prints. It changed his career, and very possibly the course of American architecture.
Hokusai’s most famous work helped Europeans see the world in a different, more sophisticated way.
Japanese tattoos have been popular in the UK since King George V. But things are different in Japan.
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Translation, University of Portsmouth
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Lecturer in the History of Japan, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Architecture, University of Hawaii
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Professor in Translation Studies, SOAS, University of London
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Emerita Professor, Art History and Curatorship, Adelaide University
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Distinguished Professor of Design History, UTS, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Japanese Studies, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Japanese Studies, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Mobile Media and Games., RMIT University
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Associate Professor & Postgraduate Research Coordinator, Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University
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