In an era of relative peace and stability in Japan during the 19th and early 20th Centuries, firefighters emerged as heroes, latter-day samurai, whose motto […] Skip to content All Sections ...

The Floating World” transports visitors to a time when Japan was emerging from the feudal era and modern cities were booming.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about art and culture. Born in 1760 in the Honjo quarter east of present-day Tokyo, Hokusai followed in his earlier ...

Japan's Edo Era Brought to Life in Summer 2025 Exhibition at the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and McAninch Arts Center Newsfile Corp. Fri, Jun 27, 2025, 7:00 AM 8 min read ...

Edo, located in present-day Tokyo, prospered between 1615 and 1868. Before that, the government, based in the imperial city of Kyoto, had overseen a system of warlike feudal domains.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa is one of the Ukiyo-e on display at the Plains Art Museum until Sept. 28FARGO — The Plains Art Museum has an exhibition of wood block prints on display depicting life for ...

Few figures in Edo-period (1603–1867) Japan left as indelible a mark on the world of publishing and art as Tsutaya Juzaburo (1750–1797). A masterful entrepreneu.

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese city now known as Tokyo. It is some time around 1750 during the Edo period, the era ...