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Medieval folding-screen painting re-created with brocade

KYOTO, Japan - A "Nishijin-ori" brocade version of the "Fujin Raijin" (Wind and Thunder Gods) painting drawn on a folding screen by Tawaraya Sotatsu in the Edo period (1603-1867) is displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2014. Nishijin-ori craftsmen spent seven years to complete the work using traditional weaving skills.

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Craftsmen re-create folding-screen painting with brocade

KYOTO, Japan - Two pieces of "Nishijin-ori" brocade made to re-create the "Fujin Raijin" (Wind and Thunder Gods) painting drawn on a folding screen by Tawaraya Sotatsu in the Edo period (1603-1867) are displayed in Kyoto, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2014. Using traditional Nishijin-ori weaving skills, craftsmen spent seven years to complete the work.

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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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'Wind and Thunder Gods' paintings in rice paddy field

AOMORI, Japan - Rice paddy fields in the village of Inakadate in Aomori Prefecture bear ''Wind and Thunder Gods,'' a pair of folding screens by 17th century painter Tawaraya Sotatsu, July 27. Local rice farmers created the works by growing different color rice plants. They can be seen until mid-August.

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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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Japanese painter Sotatsu exhibition begins in Washington

Visitors look at "Waves at Matsushima," a pair of six-panel folding screens painted by Tawaraya Sotatsu, an early 17th century Japanese painter, at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian Asian art museums, in Washington on Oct. 24, 2015, the opening day of a special exhibition collecting about 70 works by Sotatsu which will run through Jan. 31. (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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'Wind and Thunder Gods' paintings in rice paddy field

AOMORI, Japan - Rice paddy fields in the village of Inakadate in Aomori Prefecture bear ''Wind and Thunder Gods,'' a pair of folding screens by 17th century painter Tawaraya Sotatsu, July 27. Local rice farmers created the works by growing different color rice plants. They can be seen until mid-August. (Kyodo)