For Shadows, that pivotal moment is 16th century Japan – specifically the Azuchi-Momoyama period, an era of transition between the civil war-stricken Sengoku period and the peaceful Edo period ...

Anime is the perfect place for the most intense martial arts action, movement, and training. With such an expressive style ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Set in Japan's Edo period, working-class farmers and outcasts ... compelling in how it tells its story of social inequality, the art style has not aged a day and is gorgeous (if not insanely ...

He took Edo-period Japan, added hip-hop, graffiti, breakdancing, baseball, and even a reference to Andy Warhol, then mixed it all into one tasty, crazy concoction. He explained it most clearly in an ...

OKAZAKI, Aichi — The Hiraoka family’s former residence, which belonged to a merchant family and was built in the Edo period (1603-1867), was designated as a structure of landscape importance in ...

Art History Apr 15, 2025 An exhibit of ukiyo-e depicting Japan’s tumultuous period of modernization, spanning the late Edo period and the early Meiji, is running through May at the National ...

Taku Yashiro), who encounters a mysterious demon who speaks of the distant future and travels through an overwhelming 170 years from the Edo period to the Heisei era ... and New MC Chiaki Kobayashi!

An incredibly rare and museum-quality 11th century brass figure of Vajravarahi from Northeastern India, dating from the Pala Period; an important 10th century lacquered wood sculpture of Amida Buddha; ...

The first question on the lips of visitors as they step through the door at Palm Beach Modern Auctions is, “Where did you get all this stuff?” The quick answer would be “All over the place.” The ...

Of the many major fires during the Edo Period (1603-1867) in the old capital of Edo, perhaps the best known is the Great Fire of Meireki in 1657, popularly referred to as the “Furisode Fire.” ...

Tourists have descended on the area, where a red-light district licensed by the Tokugawa Shogunate thrived during the Edo Period (1603-1867), to find traces of its colorful past after it featured ...