Japan has a proud history of anti-imperialist struggle. Samurai means “to Serve” and belongs to the warrior class of feudal Japan. The classes of Japan were based upon the caste system of India and ...
From 1603 to 1867, Japanese culture flourished and featured a unique and highly controlled system of gender dynamics. Japanese Traditional Theater, or Kabuki (歌舞伎), often exaggerated these dynamics ...
Geisha/Samurai: Memories of Japan, the new exhibition at Palau Martorell, showcases life in ancient Japan through 200 pieces, including universally celebrated prints such as The Great Wave off ...
It’s Japan, 1861. European and American ships are hovering near Edo, prepared to fire on the Shogun’s palace unless Japan opens its doors to the West. Two centuries of enforced isolationism are about ...
A bourgeois art for a culture of pleasure / Francesco Paolo Campione -- A marvelous skill -- A "matière souple et élastique." the techniques and materials used in Japanese woodblock printing / Marta ...
Soon after the opening of Japan to the West in the mid-nineteenth century, "things Japanese" became objects of fascination among artists, collectors, and even the general public in Europe and the ...
One of Japan's "great three" gardens, Kenrouk-en, established by the Maedas in their castle grounds in the mid-17th century.Alamy Back in the day, the powerful feudal lords of Kanazawa kept their ...
Andrew Graham-Dixon immerses himself in the art and practices of this warrior cult. After a try-out in South London with modern practitioners of Kendo, Andrew heads for Japan. Show more Andrew ...
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