Discover 20 fascinating animals in Japan, from monkeys to deer, as well as other fascinating Japanese wildlife species you might see there. Japan’s islands stretch from tropical beaches to snowy ...

Utagawa Hiroshige, “New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, ji,” from the series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Edo period, 1857) (all images coutesy the National Gallery of Art, Washington) ...

What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition exploring this historical relationship through ukiyo-e (traditional ...

Japanese art is rich in animal imagery—humorous badgers, mysterious foxes, divine horses, and fearsome lion-dogs. That is the theme of the newest exhibition at the Honolulu Museum of Art. Animals in ...

Nagoya, Japan — Abandoned and unwanted pets are a big problem across the world, with thousands stuck in shelters waiting for adoption. Older animals are particularly hard to place, leaving them at ...

In 2011, the Los Angles County Museum of Art announced the acquisition of “Cranes,” a breathtaking pair of six-panel painted screens by Maruyama Ōkyo (1733-1795), Japan’s leading 18th century artist.

Ecologist Yuya Fukano had planned to do fieldwork in the summer of 2018, but when an unexpected record-breaking heatwave hit Japan, he was forced to find a research project he could carry out from ...