For those looking to dive into Tokyo’s past, Fukagawa Edo is a great substitute for the much larger Edo-Tokyo Museum, which ...

Iehiro noted that Edo culture is especially admired in Europe and the United States, so much so that cultural assets from the period are stored and exhibited all over the world. “Japan’s ...

The estimated average height of Japanese men reached ... as refrigerators in the Edo Period, people preserved meat by hanging it on sunless north-facing walls of a house.

During the Edo period, Kanazawa was the heart of the Kaga domain and soon expanded to become one of Japan's largest castle ... its elegant two-story geisha houses, which stood out with their ...

Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Textual Cultures Vol. 14, No. 1, Spring 2021 Keeping Knowledge Secret in Edo-Period J... Why were ...

Long isolated in the mountains, this town in western Japan has preserved the unique charm inherited from the Edo period ... streets lined with 17 th-century houses made from dark wood, sake ...