The shifts in gender roles and identities were no different for Japanese men and women as Japan transformed into a modern nation and society. Through the Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa periods ...

Setting the Context: Creating a Modern Emperor for a Modern Japan. On the surface, the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate and restoration of Emperor Meiji suggests a momentous transformation of power ...

The project was created for Takizme, a tea brand based in Shinagawa Tokyo offering Japanese tea and experiences for a modern lifestyle. The collection comprises a Japanese brazier made from airy ...

KOCHI--The Museum of Art, Kochi, is asking for a refund after confirming that what it believed to be a century-old modern art ...

Welcome to the Japanese Section of UW's Department of Modern & Classical Languages. As a department of foreign languages, literatures, and cultural studies, we prepare our students for life and ...