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I recently had a chance to explore a new release by Tuttle Publishing entitled “Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun’s Last Samurai“. That’s a lot of title, and the book contains a lot of information. In fact...

Few other monarchs in world history presided over such a crucial period for their country as the Meiji Emperor of Japan. Few lived through such dramatic changes and fewer still managed to master such changes and successfully direct them to the benefit...

←Older revision Revision as of 12:02, 19 September 2013 Line 14: Line 14:   When [[Edo castle]] was rebuilt in [[1860]], Hôgai was commissioned to create a ceiling painting for the ''Ôhiroma'' (main audience hall). As the various...

I have recently been reading about the Mitogaku, a school of thought first formed in the 17th century and had a great deal of influence in the way the Japanese "mindset" developed. I would say the banzai charges of WW2 can be traced directly to Mito...

Visual Arts Highlights Legacy of Justice at Hirabayashi Place. Public art by local artists will adorn the new building at 4th & Main honoring civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi and the Japanese American community’s struggles for justice....