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Designer Koshino pins high hopes on 'Rimpa' school anniv.

KYOTO, Japan - Junko Koshino, a top Japanese fashion designer, expresses enthusiasm at a press conference in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014, for disseminating art from Kyoto as the western Japan city will celebrate next year the 400th anniversary of the "Rimpa" school of Japanese painting.

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'Rimpa' school of painting's 400th anniv. in 2015

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (L) and Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada hold a press conference on June 2, 2014, in Kyoto on the establishment of a committee to commemorate the 400th anniversary in 2015 of the start of "Rimpa" -- a major school of Japanese painting created in the western Japanese city by Honami Koetsu and Tawaraya Sotatsu. The "Rimpa" school is said to have a far-reaching influence on today's Japanese fine arts and traditional craft.

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Star Wars-themed traditional Japanese screens

Screens drawn by artist Taro Yamamoto are shown to the press at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2015, to celebrate the Dec. 18 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rimpa school of Japanese painting. The Star Wars version of the famous "Fujin Raijin-zu byobu" (Wind God and Thunder God Screens) by the 17th-century artist Tawaraya Sotatsu will be exhibited at the temple from Dec. 8-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Star Wars-themed traditional Japanese screens

Screens drawn by artist Taro Yamamoto (R) are shown to the press at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2015, to celebrate the Dec. 18 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rimpa school of Japanese painting, with Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (L) adopting a pose. The Star Wars version of the famous "Fujin Raijin-zu byobu" (Wind God and Thunder God Screens) by the 17th-century artist Tawaraya Sotatsu will be exhibited at the temple from Dec. 8-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Star Wars-themed traditional Japanese screens

Screens drawn by artist Taro Yamamoto are shown to the press at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto on Nov. 30, 2015, to celebrate the Dec. 18 release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rimpa school of Japanese painting. The Star Wars version of the famous "Fujin Raijin-zu byobu" (Wind God and Thunder God Screens) by the 17th-century artist Tawaraya Sotatsu will be exhibited at the temple from Dec. 8-15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer Katsura designs dresses themed on Rimpa school of painting

Japanese bridal fashion designer Yumi Katsura (R) shows off a dress of her design in Kyoto on Jan. 21, 2015. Katsura has designed dresses themed on the Rimpa school of Japanese painting, which marks the 400th anniversary of its founding this year, for the Paris collection in late January. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Exhibition to mark 400 years of Rimpa school of painting

Screens of the wind and thunder gods painted by Ogata Korin (R) and Tawaraya Sotatsu of the Rimpa school of Japanese painting are shown to the press at the Kyoto National Museum in western Japan on Oct. 9, 2015, on the eve of the start of a special exhibition to mark the 400th anniversary of the origins of the school. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Designer Koshino pins high hopes on 'Rimpa' school anniv.

KYOTO, Japan - Junko Koshino, a top Japanese fashion designer, expresses enthusiasm at a press conference in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014, for disseminating art from Kyoto as the western Japan city will celebrate next year the 400th anniversary of the "Rimpa" school of Japanese painting. (Kyodo)

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Exhibition juxtaposes pop icons and traditional Japanese paintings

A scroll piece featuring manga character Black Jack, created by the artist Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), and three crows drawn by Rimpa-style artist Suzuki Kiitsu (1796-1858) is on display at an exhibition in Kyoto on Sept. 13, 2017. The free exhibition titled "We will inherit Japan," scheduled to run through Sept. 25, features famous anime and manga characters as well as other Japanese pop culture icons depicted in the style of traditional Japanese painting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo