Exhibitions

n 1603, after a long period of bloody civil wars, the Tokugawa dynasty came to power - the military regime of the shoguns - and ruled for more than 250 years.

This exhibition is the second of its kind since the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art reopened its doors to the public in 1995.

Japanese tradition is rich in legends and folktales that are also represented in the plastic arts, forming a body of work indivisible from the culture of Japan. As in the rest of the world, the fables (densetsu) and folktales (mukashi-banashi: ancient stories) embody the moral values and way of life of the country.

Hokusai (1760-1849) is recognized as one of the greatest artists in the world. Throughout his long life he created more than 35,000 illustrations and sketches for some 500 books.

Originally, the netsuke was a carved and embellished clothing accessory that was tied with a cord to other items, known as sagemono (hanging things).

Landscape (sansui-ga) is one of three artistic subjects deriving from the Chinese classification of art.

Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769-1825) was a designer of woodblock prints of the genre known as ukiyo-e (pictures from the floating world), an illustrator of books, and a painter.

This exhibition presents contemporary Japanese art dealing with the complexities of gender and sexual identity, the differences between male and female, and all that lies between.

Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), who died just 200 years ago, was one of the most productive and creative artists of the ukiyo-e ("pictures from the floating world") school.

Many of the traditional festivals in Taiwan derive from the farmer's year, and offer the hardworking agricultural labourers a little relaxation from their efforts.