Confucianism
Art, TravelDan BeauchampTanabata, Japan, Dan in Japan, Stars, Wish, Astrology, Qixi, Tradition, Confucianism, Ukiyo-e, Star Festival, Fukui, Sendai, CultureComment

Tanabata, Japan's Star Festival of Wishes

A pair of star-crossed lovers are allowed to reunite for one day every summer, granting earthly wishes.

Art, TravelDan BeauchampTanabata, Japan, Dan in Japan, Stars, Wish, Astrology, Qixi, Tradition, Confucianism, Ukiyo-e, Star Festival, Fukui, Sendai, CultureComment
Tanabata, Japan's Star Festival of Wishes
Art, TravelDan BeauchampLabor, The Art of Labor, Japan, Edo, Tokyo, Katsushika Hokusai, Hokusai, Confucianism, Class, Meiji, Treaty of Kanagawa, Print, Whaling, Fishing, Ukiyo-e, Self-Sacrifice, Daguerrotype, Postcards, Utagawa Hiroshige, Hiroshige, Karoshi, Isolation, Samurai, Daimyo, Peasants, Peasantry, Buddhism, WoodblockComment

Work as Self-Sacrifice by Hiroshige

Master Artisan Utagawa Hiroshige depicts the dangerous divisions of labor in Edo Japan and the enduring culture of self-sacrifice rooted in Confucian ethics.

Art, TravelDan BeauchampLabor, The Art of Labor, Japan, Edo, Tokyo, Katsushika Hokusai, Hokusai, Confucianism, Class, Meiji, Treaty of Kanagawa, Print, Whaling, Fishing, Ukiyo-e, Self-Sacrifice, Daguerrotype, Postcards, Utagawa Hiroshige, Hiroshige, Karoshi, Isolation, Samurai, Daimyo, Peasants, Peasantry, Buddhism, WoodblockComment
Work as Self-Sacrifice by Hiroshige