Art, literature, and painting are vital means of expressing human experiences, emotions, beliefs, and values .

From 17th century author Ihara Saikaku’s stories to Murakami’s queer characters, that reveal the author as a staunch ally, ...

Whiskey stands as a testament to the artistry of distillation, a liquid symphony made with grain, water, and time. From the ...

Ayşegül Savaş’s “The Wilderness” is part of a slew of little books on new motherhood and art—and their tensions.

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

Despite an incredibly rich prehistory covering nearly ten thousand years, modern coverage of complex hunter-gatherer societies has tended to overlook the Jomon of Japan. This text presents an overview ...

You will gain an understanding of the evolution of modern Japanese literature and popular culture from the Meiji period to the present. You will learn how to analyze literary and visual texts and ...

New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the ... linked to the state formation phase, the Kofun period, which began around 1,700 years ago. And the new research ...

November can be an ideal month for thought and reflection. Maybe it’s the longer nights; maybe it’s the fact that another ...