The halls of Hotel Gajoen are covered in so much art that the entire building resembles an art museum, but the most exciting works can usually be found in the historical Hyakukaidan annex ...

Kanae Collins, a passionate artist and educator, guides students through the intricate world of kanji, the logographic ...

"He exhibited with these people, he won prizes," says American Art Museum co-curator Joann ... a woman's hand discards a bag filled with Japanese symbols, like a flag and a samurai sword.

The goal is not merely to reference these symbols but to replicate ... mass-produced icons with the “high art” aura of historical masterpieces and Japanese artistic tradition ...

Both appear to combine Japanese symbols with other markings whose significance is unknown. Staff at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovil, Somerset are now hoping that an expert will come forward who ...