As far as these samurai movies go they will help you in getting to know part of the Japanese history of feudal times with the samurai and also the historical samurai places to visit in Japan when there. They give a good insight even today into part of the Japanese psyche. These Japanese ...
Perhaps the most-valuable treasure in Japan for such materials from the ancient traditions of all of East Asia is the Shōsō Repository, a storehouse built for the household goods of the emperor Shōmu after his death in 756. In that collection (which includes a few later additions from ...
“The Last Samurai” is an okay watch as an action movie, but much of the treatment seems dated to today’s eyes (the film came out in 2003). Some criticize the movie for having a “white savior” narrative and romanticizing the samurai traditions from an outsider’s point of view. I...
The Japanese like to keep their traditions intact, but here in Kanazawa that notion is taken to the next level. My other guide, Gavin Lynch, points at a tile-roofed building. ‘That house was built back in the Maeda era and was used as a storehouse in the late 1500s. It’s another...
In this first book, Jasmine is too young to participate in the New Year’s mochi celebration, but she somehow manages to turn traditions upside down, much to the surprise and admiration of her family. For kids who like the Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker, or the Ramona series by ...
Buddhism, moreover, is associated primarily with funerals and rituals for the dead, and most Japanese learn about Buddhism only after someone dies in their family. In Japan today, both Shinto and Buddhist practice among the common folk has taken on an air of "this-worldly benefits" (concrete...
TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92.
I Am a Cat (Japanese: 吾輩は猫である, Hepburn: Wagahai wa Neko de Aru) is a satirical novel written in 1905–1906 by Natsume Sōseki about Japanese society during the Meiji period (1868–1912); particularly, the uneasy mix of Western culture and Japanese traditions. ...
There were already several traditions regarding the ōsō during the Heian period, mainly based on the Wuxing taiyi. Court onmyōdō seem to have preferred a simplified cycle with only two elements, ō (reign) and sō (assistance) over the full system, counting eight elements and associated ...
This is my favorite movie of the year so far, hands down, no contest. 10/10 recommend. Just have someone to cuddle or call after. (Ariel Fisher) Cast:Bo Burnham Director:Bo Burnham Screenwriter:Bo Burnham Producers:Bo Burnham, Josh Senior, and Cooper Wehde ...