YAMAGUCHI -- A painting by the Muromachi period monk and artist Sesshu has been discovered after its whereabouts were unknown for 84 years, the Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum announced on Sept.

You will be using art as a primary source to learn about samurai and ... the capital for the second period in medieval Japanese history. This time period, called the Muromachi or Ashikaga Period (1336 ...

Portrait of a Gaofeng Yuanmiao, 1238 - 1295. Chūan Kinkō (mid-15th century) Japan, Muromachi period, 1392-1568 Ink on paper. H x W (image): 58.4 x 37.4 cm. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, Freer Gallery of ...

Many would cite, for example, the Edo (1603-1868), Muromachi (1392-1573), or Heian (794-1185) periods. Few, however, would mention the ancient Jomon Period ... of Prehistoric Art in Japan ...

"Ido Tea Bowls: Treasured Possessions of Muromachi Daimyo," currently ... we must look back to the 16th century, a period of civil war in Japan, when the art of the tea ceremony became one of ...

NAKADOMARI, Aomori -- Four traditional Japanese paintings on sliding doors owned by an old family in this northern Japan town have been paired with pieces at the British Museum in London rendered ...