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.

Photographers stroll around the area, play with their smartphones and do other things to waste time until the magical moment ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University (Japan) have discovered two primary historical documents showing that Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, author of the popular Edo-period Japanese arithmetic book "Jinkouki," was ...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

The other day I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting presentation about antique books by an expert in Edo period literature, professor Laura Moretti. Laura had brought along many volumes ...