Timon Screech
Timon Screech is Professor of the History of Art at SOAS, University of London. He is currently on research leave in Tokyo preparing a book on Nikko.
The bawdy world of kabuki theatre
This elegant Japanese tradition with earthy origins has long provided Japanese printmakers with rewardingly risqué material
17 Mar 2022
A pilgrimage to the shrines of the shoguns
The sacred mountainside site of Nikko comprises both Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines – many of which have been restored to their 17th-century splendour
30 Nov 2020
Podcast
The Masterpiece podcast: episode three
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
Are the art market’s problems being blown out of proportion?