Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the Meiji Shrine is a serene escape from the bustling metropolis that surrounds it. This ...

It assumes prior study of the transition from the Tokugawa (Edo) era to the Meiji era, including: Commodore Perry’s arrival and resulting treaty, 1853-1854. Unequal treaties of 1858 with the United ...

UKIHA, Fukuoka -- The former residence of a wealthy family here is a showcase of elaborate design, speaking to the present from its presumed completion time in the late Meiji era (1868-1912).

From the 1870s through the 1920s, Japan underwent rapid and widespread modernization and nation-building. In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional monarchy, ...

The three-story, red-brick property was built in the Meiji Era (1868-1912) on what is now Glover Street in the city’s Minami-Yamatemachi district. It was originally used by a Catholic monastic ...

Leading cartoonists in Japan joined forces to renovate a Meiji-Era (1868-1912) Western-style house in Tokyo into a manga-themed attraction. The building, called the Former Residence of Theodora ...