Despite Typhoon Ida’s depredations, Japan’s rice farmers were counting their blessings last week. By the time Ida struck, the vast bulk of Japan’s rice had already been harvested, and peasant pockets ...

A 17th-century painting of the September 10, 1622, Great Genna Martyrdom, in which 55 Christians were beheaded or burned alive Public domain via Wikimedia Commons On an early September day in 1622, a ...

Beneath the shogun stood samurai, peasants, craftsmen, and merchants. The structure of medieval Japan reveals a society built on loyalty, order, and survival.

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections ...