Hand-carved wooden birds made by Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II. ... Roy Takahashi, who'd been an art student prior to the war, offered a bird-carving class in September 1944.

From art and origami to conserving the real thing, cranes have always had a place at the heart of Japanese culture. John Fanshawe explores the many ways this iconic bird has offered inspiration and ...

Ikkyū Sōjun (Japanese, 1394–1481), Bai Juyi Questions Zen Master Bird Nest, 15th century, hanging scroll; ink on paper, 50 x 13 9/16 in., Collection of Mary and Cheney Cowles.

Matazo Kayama was a Japanese artist known for his nihonga style, which often depicted birds and other animals. View Matazo Kayama’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth ...

Kristen Hayashi, the director of collections management and access at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, said the bird pins are “very iconic to the camp experience,” and one ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Birds' Nests in Japanese Houses ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 54 No. 25 (June 1886), p. 393 doi:10.1038 ...

Origami dates back to the seventh century, when the art of making paper reached Japan from China. Folded paper creations first appeared as part of Shintō rituals to wrap offerings to the gods.

In a rare U.S. visit, a collection of 30 Japanese bird-and-flower silk scroll paintings by Ito Jakuchu are on display at the National Gallery of Art, just in time for the National Cherry Blossom ...

After the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, the U.S. government relocated 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry from their homes on the West Coast to desolate inland areas of the U.S. The Art of Gaman is ...

But the birds, a national treasure in Japan and long a favorite subject of scroll artists here, have almost disappeared because of hunting, pesticides and development. Japan's last native ibis ...