SOCIETY

1. 

   Lacquer Respect

   Lacquer has been an integral part of Japanese culture since early historic times. David Capel offers this appraisal.…

   • 2018/8/10
   • TRADITIONS
2. 

   Brush Work 

   In the West, calligraphy is the genteel art of…

   • 2018/8/10
   • TRADITIONS
3. 

   Eating with Grace

   As they ruefully surveyed the morsel that had …

   • 2018/8/10
   • TRADITIONS
4. 

   SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (VIII): Yawata: A State-Sponsored Vision of Industrialization

   July 2015 UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee approv…

   • 2018/8/8
   • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY
5. 

   SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (VII): Miike: Mine Craft

   In July 2015 UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee app…

   • 2018/8/8
   • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY
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   SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (VI): Nagasaki: Fueling the Revolution

   • 2018/8/8
   • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY
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   SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (V): Saga: Where the Boats Come In

   • 2018/8/8
   • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY
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   SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (IV): Kamaishi: Industrial Revolution Blasts Off

   • 2018/8/8
   • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY
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   SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (III): Nirayama: At the Break of Dawn

   • 2018/8/8
   • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY
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    SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION (II): Kagoshima: Learning from the West

    • 2018/8/8
    • SITES OF THE MEIJI INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, SOCIAL HISTORY