Records of crop thefts and crimes blamed on alcohol are among Edo-period (1603-1867) documents on display at a museum in this ...

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College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is celebrating Japan’s iconic Shogun era with a never-seen-in-the-U.S. art exhibit. “Hokusai ...

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Samurai fought in the Ōnin War and during the period of unrest that followed ... Meanwhile, in the city of Edo (today’s Tokyo) everything seemed to be flourishing. Businesses and services ...