When we think of samurai, the image of a male warrior clad in impressive armor comes to mind. However, Japan’s history includes a group of remarkable women warriors known as onna-bugeisha (female ...
The Edo Period marked the family’s heyday ... The Glories and Treasures of the Last Samurai Dynasty” was held in the Tokyo National Museum in 2007. In 2017, a large silver stamp was discovered ...
A newly discovered pair of painted folding screens have been confirmed to be the joint work of renowned Edo Period artists Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) and Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). The screens were ...