Japanese History & Culture
Inari Faith and the White Fox: From the Rice Go...
Walk through any Japanese town and you will find small shrines guarded by vermilion torii gates and a pair of stone foxes, on the rooftops of city office buildings, in...
Inari Faith and the White Fox: From the Rice Go...
Walk through any Japanese town and you will find small shrines guarded by vermilion torii gates and a pair of stone foxes, on the rooftops of city office buildings, in...
Yoshiwara and the Oiran: Social Structure, Eleg...
In the Edo period, Yoshiwara, or Shin-Yoshiwara, was the shogunate-approved pleasure quarter built at the northern edge of Asakusa. Once you passed through its Great Gate, you…
Yoshiwara and the Oiran: Social Structure, Eleg...
In the Edo period, Yoshiwara, or Shin-Yoshiwara, was the shogunate-approved pleasure quarter built at the northern edge of Asakusa. Once you passed through its Great Gate, you…
Shikigami and the Art of Onmyōdō: Abe no Seimei...
Explore shikigami in Japanese legend, from paper figures and Abe no Seimei’s Twelve Heavenly Generals to the spirits beneath Ichijō Modoribashi.
Shikigami and the Art of Onmyōdō: Abe no Seimei...
Explore shikigami in Japanese legend, from paper figures and Abe no Seimei’s Twelve Heavenly Generals to the spirits beneath Ichijō Modoribashi.
Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: Pruss...
A gigantic wave breaks with its claws outstretched as if seizing its prey, while beyond its fury the sacred peak of Mount Fuji stands calm and solitary. Katsushika Hokusai's…
Hokusai’s Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji: Pruss...
A gigantic wave breaks with its claws outstretched as if seizing its prey, while beyond its fury the sacred peak of Mount Fuji stands calm and solitary. Katsushika Hokusai's…
Tengu: From Mountain Guardians of Shugendo to t...
Deep in a mountain forest of towering cedars, a thunderous crash rings out, as if a giant tree has fallen. Yet when people rush to look, not a single tree...
Tengu: From Mountain Guardians of Shugendo to t...
Deep in a mountain forest of towering cedars, a thunderous crash rings out, as if a giant tree has fallen. Yet when people rush to look, not a single tree...
The Real Ninja: Iga and Koga, the Ninja Manual ...
Leaping across rooftops under cover of night, felling enemies with throwing stars and vanishing in a puff of smoke: through films, anime and games around the world, the ninja has…
The Real Ninja: Iga and Koga, the Ninja Manual ...
Leaping across rooftops under cover of night, felling enemies with throwing stars and vanishing in a puff of smoke: through films, anime and games around the world, the ninja has…