The Kano lineage of painters-the most important in Japan-was established in the late 15th century by Kano Masanobu (1434-1530) and continued for more than 400 years, until the early 20th century. Originally limited to successive generations of the Ka...

From Japan's first forays onto the international stage of world's fairs in the late nineteenth century to the dynamic creativity of the 1920 and 1930s, from the heady post-World War II period to the present day, Japanese crafts have exhibited a rich...