In the city of Koka in Shiga Prefecture — also known as a “ninja village” — a written copy of the original, famous book on the art of ninja, “Karinseiyo,” has been discovered at a local shrine.

Shasta College is hosting a vibrant exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints, featuring masterpieces from the Edo period to ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have discovered two primary historical documents showing that Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, author of the popular Edo-period Japanese arithmetic book "Jinkouki," was ...

Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Asato Ikeda -- Wakashu as third gender and gender ambiguity through the Edo period / Joshua S. Mostow -- Fleurs du mal : onnagata (female-role ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. How did the sex trade transform communities in early modern Japan? Which social and economic forces shaped the lives of the women who worked in ...

JAPAN - Edo period (1603-1868), 17th century Ink, colors and gold on paper, Daimyo shunga scroll, twelve erotic scenes composed of groups of men and women frolicking, sometimes in front of a screen, ...