Saira Zulfiqar·Oct 22Pivot or Die: How Japan Rebuilt Itself to Survive the Modern WorldThere exists a country that metaphorically manifests the blueprints of a neon city, featuring incredible food, skyscrapers, and ancient…
fmi A.·Oct 5Why Did Everyone Suddenly Need the Imperial Court?How foreign pressure and a changing political system brought Kyoto back to the center of Japanese politics
Kenneth Leong·Aug 21How Japan Helped Give Modern China Its VocabularyImagine a Chinese scholar opening a newspaper around 1900.
Nik Dholakia·Jun 9Japonisme: Accidental Start to Japan-to-West Aesthetic Influence ProcessesBy Vincent Van Gogh, based on print by Keisei Eisen. Public Domain.
Nik Dholakia·May 4Meiji Restoration: Relevance for the Contemporary Global SouthPhoto of the Meiji Emperor by Uchida Kuichi — The Cleveland Museum of Art (Kinoshita). Public Domain photo.
Nik Dholakia·Apr 27Meiji Restoration: Japan’s Opening to the West and Unparalleled Whirlwind IndustrializationEmperor Meiji moving from Kyoto to Edo, renamed as Tokyo. Public domain image from Bibliothèque National de France.
Echoes of the past·Apr 16How Japan Opened Its BordersFor centuries, Japan stood apart from the rest of the world, choosing its isolation and peace over interaction. This period was known as…
Kaion Blake·Sep 28, 2025The Poetry of Power: Waka in the Meiji EraHow the court shaped a nation’s poetic imagination
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