The Sawanoi Museum of Traditional Japanese Hair Ornaments in the western suburbs ... dating from the Edo Period to the Showa Era, of which some 400 are on display. Special exhibitions of costumes ...

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese city now known as Tokyo. It is some time around 1750 during the Edo period ...

The art of Japan’s Edo period is undeniably beautiful, influencing creators across the centuries. Japanese artist Katsushika ...

Real people of mixed heritage in Edo-period Japan Mizu (Maya Erskine ... women presented themselves as characteristically beautiful, with elaborate hair styles, makeup and clothing. They were supposed ...

The Japanese style flourished in the 17 th through 19 th centuries in Edo (now known as Tokyo), depicting a broad range of subject matter from kabuki actors and courtesans to panoramic landscapes ...

Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later ... level executions, the hair of the decapitated head ...

Greg Jenner is joined in 17th-Century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. Show more In this episode, Greg Jenner is ...

The Tokugawa shogunate’s (Japan’s military government during the Edo period) isolationist policy ... with elaborate hair styles, makeup and clothing. They were supposed to be educated and ...