Art
A treasure trove of 103 ‘lost’ drawings by Hokusai emerges in the Piasa auction house in Paris
103 recently uncovered drawings by the Japanese painter and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai were added to the British Museum’s collection. The works,
Edo
A treasure trove of 103 ‘lost’ drawings by Hokusai emerges in the Piasa auction house in Paris
103 recently uncovered drawings by the Japanese painter and printmaker Katsushika Hokusai were added to the British Museum’s collection. The works,
Yayoi
Excavations on Iki islands’ Karakami site, throw light on how immigrants filtered into Kyushu
Iki Island just 20 km off the north-western coast of Kyūshū, is strategically situated like a major stepping stone and
Kofun
Haunting haniwa images of horsemen, hunters and warrior kings from 1,500 years ago
Located in Takasaki city, a now sleepy off-the-beaten-path part of Gunma prefecture is an archaeological gem of a museum called
Jomon
What shell mounds tell us about the Jomon diet and way of life
Shell mounds are basically ancient kitchen dumps but they are sexy icons for the whole field of Japanese archaeology. The
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