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.
A local team is searching legends and science to uncover the identity of a mummified mermaid some say can give you eternal youth and immortality.
In Tokyo through June 12, this is the only place in the world where Hokusai works from Japan and the United Kingdom are displayed in collaboration.
The 103 works in the British Museum exhibition give new insight into the years leading up to some of Hokusai’s most famous series.
In recent times, there have been many cases of war loot being repatriated to the original owners, their descendants, or country of origin. French...
PHOTO CAPTION: Pages from comics and images of Japanese bookstores are projected onto screens at the British Museum’s Manga exhibition. (Eishi Honma) A...
The largest exhibition of manga ever held outside Japan has opened in London. The British Museum is showing a striking collection of around...
