The ninth year of the Kansei era of the Edo Period (1603-1867) in feudal Japan corresponds to the year 1797 in the West.

This exhibition is the first of two to feature paintings, lacquer, and ceramics of the Edo period from the Freer Gallery's extensive permanent collection. Innovation within the established arts and in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have discovered two primary historical documents showing that Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, author of the popular Edo-period Japanese arithmetic book "Jinkouki," was ...

An early Edo period document stipulating the Hosokawa clan code of conduct for vassals dispatched on a national project to rebuild Sunpu Castle has been discovered by Kumamoto University researchers.

The pulse nearly throbs at the plump neck of the peacock in Maruyama Okyo’s “Peacock and Peonies” in “Painting Edo: Japanese Art From the Feinberg Collection” at Harvard Art Museums. As of press time, ...

UCSF researchers are helping to bring another aspect of ancient Japanese culture to life. ABC7 Eyewitness News got an ...

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 pleasure districts such as the Yoshiwara? Join Julie ...

Graves discovered in the southern part of the Umedahaka burial grounds in Osaka’s Kita Ward. (alll photos courtesy Osaka City Cultural Properties Association) Just what 2020 needed — an ancient burial ...

Japan is drowning in visitors. But two hours west in Kurashiki, the Edo period is intact, the canals are uncrowded and the denim is world-class.