JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868), 19th century Ink, colors and gold on paper, Daimyo shunga scroll, eight couples in various erotic positions including a woman smoking a pipe, their kimono untied beside ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Floating world: Hiroshige’s Seba from The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Highway (1830s) - The Trustees of the British Museum The ...

It’s part café with out-of-the-ordinary food and drink items, and it’s part gallery with out-of-this-world art. Resobox was founded in 2009 as a meeting place for people who are interested in Japanese ...

Every country has a history like no other, and the corner of the world that we want to take you to today is no exception. On the list below you will find a magic carpet – a collection of pictures from ...

A mercurial figure in Japan’s 19th-century art world, Kawanabe Kyosai remains celebrated for his virtuosic draftsmanship, ...

The history of the Kimono Dress and the clothing revolution surrounding 19th century Japan. In the 19th century, Japan opened its doors to the world. The Kimono Dress, emblematic of a broader clothing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Tokugawa government began minting Tenpō Tsūhō coins in 1835. A metal detector hobbyist discovered a centuries’ old coin while ...

Unknown artist, “Internal bodily functions dramatized by popular kabuki actors (Kinrai ryūkō kabuki uwasa Kenbutsu no hara)” (late 19th century), woodblock (courtesy UC San Francisco, Special ...

This 19th-century Japanese screen of the Floating World depicts Tokyo’s notorious pleasure district, but it’s probably all imagined This delightful, dancing picture at Harvard Art Museums depicts the ...

Sail to imaginary islands inside a children’s book published in 19th-century Japan. Yukiko Miyamoto is Specially Appointed Associate Professor at the National Institute of Japanese Literature (NIJL) ...