Robert T. Rohde’s ‘Japan Album’, 1877-1884, 15.2 x 53.5 x 5.4 cm, Private Collection of Dr and Mrs Rohde. I recently undertook a piece of archival work on a Japan-related family heirloom known within myRead More
The front cover of Tokyo Before Tokyo. Tokyo Before Tokyo: Power and Magic in the Shogun’s City of Edo by Timon Screech, published by Reaktion Books in 2020. Tokyo Before Tokyo is the intriguingRead More
Different translations of The Tale of Genji: Suematsu (left), Seidensticker (middle), Tyler (right). As a student of Japanese Studies, concurrently teaching myself Japanese, I have been compelled to contemplate the impact of translation on numerousRead More
My GCSE Fine Art coursework piece. On March 23rd I enjoyed virtual attendance of Marie-Therese Barrett’s lecture From Japanese Prints to Art Deco: How Japonisme revolutionised Western Art, which was hosted by the CircleRead More
Earlier this week, the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures (SISJAC) hosted a discussion between Professor Julie Nelson Davis and Arthur Tress about the collection of over 1,300 Japanese illustratedRead More
On the 11th of March 2011 at 14:46, exactly ten years ago today, a massive magnitude 9 earthquake occurred off the east coast of Japan. It was the biggest recorded earthquake in Japan andRead More
Still from Not Quite Dead Yet. The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme is an annual event where a curated selection of Japanese films are shown in venues across the UK, providing an opportunity to ‘experienceRead More
I find this cover with the Go board and pieces interwoven with the title and cherry blossoms absolutely beautiful. The Master of Go by Yasunari Kawabata with an introduction by Liza Gelby. Translated byRead More
Photo credit to Debra Shipley. Manga-style image taken at the British Museum Manga exhibition. In 2019, the British Museum held the CITI Manga (マンガ) Exhibition – the largest manga exhibition ever held outside ofRead More
The extent to which Nihonga (日本画) (1) is entangled with politics is a contested issue. The term was first used in the late 19th century to differentiate between Japanese-style paintings and those which incorporatedRead More
