Archaeological artifacts offer valuable insights into the history of past societies. They reveal not only technological ...
AI analysis of 243 Edo-period Japanese jars reveals how pottery shapes became standardized and adapted to daily and burial ...
Japanese researchers have found that commoners who lived in urban areas of Japan during the Edo and Meiji periods had diets ...
This exhibition is the first of two to feature paintings, lacquer, and ceramics of the Edo period from the Freer Gallery's extensive permanent collection. Innovation within the established arts and in ...
What kind of relationship did Japanese people and animals have during the early modern Edo period (1603–1868)? An exhibition exploring this historical relationship through ukiyo-e (traditional ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary Edo period book on ninja arts discovered in a 'ninja village' in Japan In the city of Koka in Shiga Prefecture — also ...
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Asato Ikeda -- Wakashu as third gender and gender ambiguity through the Edo period / Joshua S. Mostow -- Fleurs du mal : onnagata (female-role ...
Graves discovered in the southern part of the Umedahaka burial grounds in Osaka’s Kita Ward. (alll photos courtesy Osaka City Cultural Properties Association) Just what 2020 needed — an ancient burial ...
TOKYO -- Our fascination with technology today can seem new. The Internet, 3-D imagery and satellites have changed the way we view the world. But modernity has a long history. People in the Edo period ...
Edo-period "Ogame" ("large jars") became increasingly standardized over time, developing distinct shapes for everyday and ...