May 30-July 20. During the peaceful latter part of the Edo Period (1603-1868), samurai katana swords evolved from being just weapons into status symbols and luxurious accessories.

Prized as the epitome of urban cool in the Edo period and outlawed as backward during the Meiji era, tattooing has had a checkered history in Japan. Cultural anthropologist Yamamoto Yoshimi ...

The Great Wave off Kanagawa is one of the Ukiyo-e on display at the Plains Art Museum until Sept. 28FARGO — The Plains Art Museum has an exhibition of wood block prints on display depicting life for ...

Despite its shiny red exoskeleton and reputation as a bug of the sea, the lobster — though far from the world’s strangest delicacy — has long reigned as an improbable luxury staple.

SUCCESS Corporation has announced mystery visual novel GHOST TRAVELER: Adventures in Edo for Switch and PC (Steam). It will launch digitally in 2025 with English, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese l… ...

By the Edo period (1603-1868), everyone wore a unisex garment known as a kosode, made from straight pieces of fabric sewn together like today’s kimono. Re-enactors wearing kosode. Rainer ...

The samurai rulers of the Edo period in Japan (1615-1868) were catalysts of change as well as being cool looking swordsmen in robes with a code of conduct that makes everyone who has existed since ...

Toward the end of the Edo period and into the early Meiji period (1868–1912), these new types of chrysanthemums made their way to China and further on to Europe, sparking a major horticultural boom.

7QUARK-developed Edo Japan-set action RPG Yasha: Legends of the Demon Blade will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam in October, global publishe… ...