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Od Hello Kitty do maneki neko – Japonia stanowi epicentrum światowej kociej kultury! Czasem czają się w cieniu, a czasem grają w kompozycji pierwsze skrzypce, ale jedno nie ulega wątpliwości: koty są wszechobecne w sztuce japońskiej. W zale

Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760–1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend of the Edo period, but also a founding father of Western modernism, whose prolific ga

The Kisokaidō route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous passage between Edo (present-day Tokyo) and Kyoto. In

From Hello Kitty to Maneki Neko--Japan is the epicentre of global cat culture! Whether lurking in corners or taking center stage, cats are a ubiquitous presence in Japanese art. Depending on the situation, they may invite good fortune, prom