Blogs and Online Publications

GENERAL

Asian Art Museum: Online videos of the collections held by San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Numerous essays on East Asian Art. Sample titles include “Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600,” “Chinese Buddhist Sculpture,” and “Japanese Illustrated Handscrolls.”

CHINA

An Art Teacher in China

Paper Republic: Chinese literature in translation

RandianA Hong Kong-based online magazine that covers the contemporary arts scene.

LEAP: The International Art Magazine of Contemporary China

Wild China Travel Blog

JAPAN

A Geek in Japan

Japan Focus: The Asia-Pacific Journal

Japan Subculture Research Center

Japanese Contemporary Art

Just Hungry: Japanese Recipes

Marc Festal: Art curator and critic specializing in Japanese photography

Super Cheap Japan

Tokyo Cheapo

Tofugu: A blog about Japanese language and culture

KOREA

Ask a Korean

Eat your Kimchi: Website dedicated to K-pop, food, and daily life in Korea (and Japan)

Inspire me Korea Blog

Korea: Monthly magazine published by the Korean Culture and Information Service

Koreana: Quarterly of the Korea Foundation, focuses on art and culture

The Korea Herald Online

Korean Heritage: Quarterly of the Cultural Heritage Administration

Neon but More: South Korea Lifestyle Blog

Seoultistic

FREE BOOK PDF DOWNLOADS

Barnhart, Richard M. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 10, Asia. 1987.

Carpenter, John T. with contributions by Midori Oka. The Poetry of Nature: Edo Paintings from the Fishbein-Bender Collection. 2018.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Arts of Korea: A Resource for Educators. 

Milker, Elizabeth J., et al. eds. The Year One: Art of the Ancient World East and West. 2000.

Priest, Alan and Pauline Simmons. Chinese Textiles: An Introduction to the Study of their History, Sources, Technique, Symbolism, and Use. 1934. 

Smith, Judith, ed. Arts of Korea. 1998.

Smith, Judith. A Decade of Collecting, 1984-1993: Friends of Asian Art Gifts. 1993.

Watt, James C.Y., and Anne E. Wardwell. When Silk was Gold: Central Asian and Chinese Textiles. 1997.

Cambell, Sarah, Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

WWII & Atomic Bomb Museum Exhibits: Japanese and American Perspectives