A simple request to examine a centuries-old artwork led to a stunning discovery: the paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors owned by a long-established family in northern Japan were deemed to be missing ...
TOKYO, May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical devices and a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: ...
KYOTO--“Fusuma-e” sliding door paintings of clouds and dragons drawn by former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa that he donated to Ryoanji temple here are now open to the public for limited viewing.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Yamaguchi Kenritsu Bijutsukan, September 16-October 16, 2022, and Nezu Bijutsukan, November 3-December 4, 2022. "The Muromachi period (1336-1573) was the point of ...
The ear-splitting cry of a black-tailed gull pierces the sound of waves crashing against a breakwater. Out of the corner of one’s eye, one sees a jet fighter rocketing skyward. These two flying ...
The canvas of the fusuma (the sliding door part of the fittings) was made to be replaceable by the resident, in the same manner as the original fusuma. For example, a sliding door of Shikunshien (an ...
Heavy rain can damage roofs, so outside the entrance, amadoi gutters carry rainfall off the eaves and down the decorative kusaridoi, or “rain chain.” Shōji are lighter than fusuma, with paper affixed ...