This module focuses on Japan’s medieval period, including the Kamakura (1185-1333), the Muromachi (1336-1573), and the Momoyama (1573-1603) shogunates. Photograph ...

Japan was in the midst of a very tumultuous period. The Meiji Emperor was trying to modernise and westernise the country, ...

Both paintings evince a propagandistic move of the Meiji government to glorify its soldiers as war heroes, like the samurai who were worshiped during the Edo period. “Wave Crest Supporting the ...