Collaboration with American art museum puts the works of Hokusai and Hiroshige in the Prussian blue spotlight.
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The tie-in cafe to a Hokusai exhibition at the Creative Museum Tokyo will feature a menu that pays homage to the beloved artist’s famous works.
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Legendary ukiyo-e and mythological icons part of the collaboration between New Era and the Tokyo National Museum.
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Hokusai’s Great Wave has gone from woodblock to art sensation to a wooden art display piece.
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