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 archivalRead More
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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 ReaktionRead 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 beenRead 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 JaponismeRead 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 ArthurRead 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.Read 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 inRead 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 YasunariRead 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) ExhibitionRead 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 centuryRead More