Suminagashi, or "floating ink," is an ancient Japanese art form that creates intricate marbled paper patterns. Dating back more than a thousand years for calligraphy and poetry decoration, this ...

Sumi-e ink painting is a traditional East Asian art that highlights simplicity and nature's beauty. It originated in China, ...

Once in a while, even the most talented of artists can learn a new method for creating art. However, the particular practice ...

In the quiet of a late summer night, the artist is at work. Sumi-e, the art of Japanese ink painting, is equal parts beauty and discipline. "You're a night owl – you usually paint and draw at ...

Sou A Kou is celebrated as an ink and wash art virtuoso, whose works are collected by the Japanese Imperial Family and in recent decades by many Japanese Prime Ministers, as well as presented to ...

Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi (Origins of the Yuzu Nenbutsu Sect) 融通念仏縁起 (detail), Handscroll, Kamakura or period, 14th century, Japan, Ink, color, and gold on paper, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian ...

But in 19th-century Japan, some enterprising fishermen ... Indirect printing is the "finer art form," she says: The paper is glued to the fish and ink is tamped gently onto the page, "like a ...