Some of the diverse and lesser-known individual artworks of 19th-century artist Kawanabe Kyosai are introduced with special features analyzed by the author.
In 1868, during the turbulent Bakumatsu era, two assailants attempted to murder Sir Harry Parkes by hacking their way through the procession with their swords.
This installment in the series focuses on turbulent Bakumatsu Japan and an incident near Kobe between British civilians and the Bizen clan of daimyo in 1868.
In time, the relationship between the British and the Satsuma blossomed into a great friendship. After the Meiji restoration, many members of the Satsuma clan filled...
What happens when a party of foreign tourists is believed to have disrupted the procession of a feudal warlord? A high-action incident, followed by a political...
Nanshun Kyokudo is not your typical Sakamoto Ryoma fan. For starters, she only found out about the Japanese rebel while at university — much later...
