GUEST: My guess is it wasn't over ten dollars. APPRAISER: These are both original Japanese woodblock prints. It was likely around six or seven cherry woodblocks that were carved out by hand to ...

One of them, on rue Saint-Sulpice, is Tanakaya. It specializes in original woodblock prints, paintings, and antique items from Japan. “It all began some 40 years ago with the creation of my ...

“Bird and Blossom” highlights the evolution of prints in Japan from the Edo and Meiji eras into the twentieth century. Defining the 19th century of Japan, the Edo and Meiji periods gave birth to the ...

Rain. You forgot your umbrella. That’s what’s happening in this Japanese woodblock print — only it’s Tokyo (then called Edo), the year is 1857, and we’re crossing the Sumida River.

Tech icon Steve Jobs was fascinated by Japanese culture, and was particularly passionate about shin-hanga woodblock prints. Interviews with former colleagues and friends reveal that his lifelong ...

A walking tour of the Kiso Valley offers glimpses of the golden age of Japan’s great printmakers ... line up one of Eisen’s ...