The Tokugawa clan, which produced successive shogun rulers throughout the Edo Period (1603-1867), will hold a ceremony Jan.

Archaeological artifacts offer valuable insights into the history of past societies. They reveal not only technological developments but also the changing economic systems, cultural traditions and ...

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In Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Atami, several museums house masterpieces of ukiyo-e, Japanese prints from the Edo period that immortalised old tea houses, landscapes of the Tōkaidō and Mount Fuji under ...

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Edo-period "Ogame" ("large jars") became increasingly standardized over time, developing distinct shapes for everyday and burial use, reports a new ...

AI-assisted shape analysis of Edo-period Ogame jars reveals how ceramic production became increasingly standardized while adapting to different every day and burial functions as well as key historical ...