Shibusawa served Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Japan's last shogun ... known to the Japanese people and someone to take pride in. Their portraits need to be rendered as precisely as possible to prevent ...

OBUSE, Nagano Prefecture--An extremely rare hand-drawn portrait likely by renowned ukiyo-e woodblock artist Katsushika Hokusai that recently came to light has triggered a quest to identify the ...

The Bank of Japan began issuing new 1,000-, 5,000- and 10,000-yen banknotes—now featuring 3-D holographic portraits—for ... other BOJ branches across the country. They will enter broader ...