Japanese History & Culture
Oiran Dochu: Procession, Dress and the Contradi...
Lantern light, elaborate coiffures, and a slowly advancing figure in a richly embroidered uchikake give the oiran procession its unforgettable image. The oiran dochu…
Oiran Dochu: Procession, Dress and the Contradi...
Lantern light, elaborate coiffures, and a slowly advancing figure in a richly embroidered uchikake give the oiran procession its unforgettable image. The oiran dochu…
The Japanese Castle Keep: Towers of Authority, ...
White plaster, dark timber, layered roofs, and curved gables make the Japanese castle keep immediately recognisable. Yet the tenshu was more than an attractive landmark. It…
The Japanese Castle Keep: Towers of Authority, ...
White plaster, dark timber, layered roofs, and curved gables make the Japanese castle keep immediately recognisable. Yet the tenshu was more than an attractive landmark. It…
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Giant Skeletons, Tattooed He...
In Kuniyoshi's famous triptych of the ruined palace at Soma, a gigantic skeleton looms behind a screen while Takiyasha-hime holds a scroll and a warrior confronts the…
Utagawa Kuniyoshi: Giant Skeletons, Tattooed He...
In Kuniyoshi's famous triptych of the ruined palace at Soma, a gigantic skeleton looms behind a screen while Takiyasha-hime holds a scroll and a warrior confronts the…
Inside the Ninja Manuals: Survival, Disguise an...
Popular fiction often presents the ninja as an unstoppable assassin. The historical shinobi had a less spectacular but more demanding priority: obtain useful information and…
Inside the Ninja Manuals: Survival, Disguise an...
Popular fiction often presents the ninja as an unstoppable assassin. The historical shinobi had a less spectacular but more demanding priority: obtain useful information and…
Hoo and Kirin: Auspicious Creatures and the Jap...
A radiant bird appears among clouds; a gentle beast walks without harming the life beneath its feet. In East Asian tradition, the hoo and kirin are auspicious creatures whose…
Hoo and Kirin: Auspicious Creatures and the Jap...
A radiant bird appears among clouds; a gentle beast walks without harming the life beneath its feet. In East Asian tradition, the hoo and kirin are auspicious creatures whose…
Shikigami in Japanese Folklore: Spirit Servants...
A shutter moves in an apparently empty house; a messenger returns from somewhere its master could not have reached. In stories about the onmyoji Abe no Seimei, invisible…
Shikigami in Japanese Folklore: Spirit Servants...
A shutter moves in an apparently empty house; a messenger returns from somewhere its master could not have reached. In stories about the onmyoji Abe no Seimei, invisible…