In the city of Koka in Shiga Prefecture — also known as a “ninja village” — a written copy of the original, famous book on the art of ninja, “Karinseiyo,” has been discovered at a local shrine.

Kabuki actors, courtesans, ravishing teahouse girls and ghosts: These are only some of the denizens of Edo Japan’s so-called “floating world.” Their stories — and the natural landscapes in which they ...

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Performers, seen from behind, delight an audience in Katsushika Hokusai’s “Tōto shokei ichiran,” 1800. All images from the Gerhard Pulverer Collection, courtesy of the Sackler Gallery. Celebrities, ...

Shasta College is hosting a vibrant exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints, featuring masterpieces from the Edo period to ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have discovered two primary historical documents showing that Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, author of the popular Edo-period Japanese arithmetic book "Jinkouki," was ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. How did the sex trade transform communities in early modern Japan? Which social and economic forces shaped the lives of the women who worked in ...

Unlike the bombastic plots of the main Yakuza entries, Ishin is a slower historical drama. Its greatest strength (and weakness) is its authenticity. Despite layers of absurdity and creative license, ...