Katsushika Hokusai, Japan's best known artist, is ironically Japan's least Japanese artist. Japan's best known woodblock print,The Great Wave, is very un-Japanese. Welcome to the artist often known as Hokusai. Hokusai (1760-1849) lived during the Tokugawa period (1600 to 1867). In a Jap...
The Artist Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman 20 votes This charming and nostalgic French silent film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius, tells the story of a silent film star's fall from grace and his unlikely romance with an up-and-coming actress. The movie's delightful performances,...
Artist creates stunning figurines using avocado pits Rescued stray cat becomes famous firefighting cat Hot air balloon trips in Turkey's Cappadocia region A glimpse of Venice, Italy Grey whale calves greet tourists in Mexico New members added on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Tourists enjoy 'intimate...
Do you want to know more about Japan’s most famous work of art? What is so special about an image of a tsunami wave? Let’s answer all these questions and more!
Self - Japanese Gallery, London The Private Life of a Masterpiece(2001) Handoku Ito Brush Artist The Private Life of a Masterpiece(2001) Miyoko Toda Performer The Private Life of a Masterpiece(2001) Masako Mitsuoka Performer The Private Life of a Masterpiece(2001) ...
Ride Your Wave is a 2020 Japanese animated film directed by Masaaki Yuasa. 19-year-old Hinako Mukaimizu (Rina Kawaei) moves to an oceanside town to attend college and indulge in her hobby, surfing, and falls in love with a local firefighter (Ryota Katayose). Also ranks #9 on The 18 ...
A whole room was devoted to this prominent artist and my mouth just hangs open. Next to this was a whole room dedicated to a checkered floor, 2 half inflated crayon blowup toys and a metal frame square suspended from the ceiling. I couldn’t stand to read what this was supposed to ...
Sonic the Hedgehog, the Japanese-based Sega series of the early ‘90s, has been one of the most successful, and most prolific, spilling over into television, comics and related games and generating its own galaxy of characters. This third big-screen movie in the Sonic franchise continues the...
It charted #14 on the Japanese Billboard charts. Received massive airplay including one of the highest radio rotations for instance on "FM802" where IROHA was 3rd position in May 2011 with 121 times air-play in domestic songs.Stations like North Wave, TOKYO FM, FM Ishikawa, FM Toyama, ...
Keziah Daum, an 18-year-old student and artist from Utah in the United States, was accused of “culture appropriation” after she posted photos of her wearing cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress also called Qipao, for a school prom on twitter. As of Thursday (May 10), the post has be...