Japanese Art
Closing Jan. 24 | Japanese Style Celebration: Shikishi Exhibition for the Year of Horse, Jan. 10-24
For generations, shikishi boards have carried the heartfelt wishes, blessings, and intentions of the New Year.…
Now | Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents “Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia” from May 11. 2025 through July 12, 2026
Incorporating 180 masterpieces of pan-Asian Buddhist art, "Realms of the Dharma" begins with the religion’s origins…
Kimiko Koyanagi, 93-Year-Old, Publishes Her Memoir of A Legacy of Doll-Making
Los Angeles, July 2025 – Kimiko Muraoka Koyanagi is a third-generation doll maker originally from Tokyo. Her dolls are…
San Diego: Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum Exhibits “Shizuko Greenblatt: Uplift the human spirit” from Jan. 30 to April 26
This exhibition highlights three distinct bodies of work, Expressive Japanese Calligraphy, Fusion Ikebana, and Fem…
Now | Japan Foundation Presents “Package Craft: From Candy Box to Sculpture” art exhibition from Nov. 21, 2025 through Feb. 18, 2026
Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Art Exhibition | Package Craft: From Candy Box to Sculpture
November 22, 2025 - Februa…
Now | Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents “Deep Cuts: Block Printing Across Cultures” exhibition from Nov. 9, 2025 through Sep. 13, 2026
This exhibition includes the following Japanese art works: Hashiguchi Goyō, “Woman Combing Her Hair,” 1920; “Millio…
Monthly | Japan Foundation Presents In-Person Lecture Series of “Japanese Sculpture” by Michael VanHartingsveldt from November 2025 through April 2026
From the enigmatic dogū to the dynamic haniwa, early Japanese aesthetics quickly developed alongside its civiliz…
2026 Jan 17 | Pasadena | USC Pacific Asia Museum Presents “Night Parade: Yokai Unleashed” – A Celebration of Myth, Magic, and Japanese Folklore” on Saturday, Jan. 17, 6PM-8PM
PASADENA, CA — The USC Pacific Asia Museum presents “Night Parade: Yokai Unleashed,” the inaugural program celebrati…
2026 Jan 04 Closing | Portland Art Museum presents “Yoshida Chizuko” exhibition - The first major retrospective to focus on the groundbreaking 20th-century painter and printmaker from Sep. 27, 2025 through Jan. 04, 2026
"Yoshida Chizuko" exhibition features over 100 works, many of which have never previously been exhibited, encompass…
2025 Dec 28 Closing | UCI Orange County Museum of Art | Yoshitomo Nara: I Don’t Want to Grow Up | May 28-Dec.28
UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art
3333 Avenue of the Arts
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
Yoshitomo Nara: I Don’t Want to …
2025 Nov 30 Closing | UCLA Hammer Museum presents “Rising Sun, Falling Rain: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts” exhibition Sep. 3 – Nov. 30, 2025
Rising Sun, Falling Rain traces the evolution of ukiyo-e printmaking and the later shin-hanga movement, featuri…