Art, TravelDan BeauchampFebruary 14, 2022Tradition, Valentine's Day, Valentine, Art, Paper, Cards, Postcards, Japan, United States, Britain, History, Fukui, Chocolate, Consumerism, Money, Marriage, Poetry, Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, Saint, Christianity, Catholic Church, ChurchComment Accident of History, Valentine's Day A brief history of the bizarre tradition. Art, TravelDan BeauchampFebruary 14, 2022Tradition, Valentine's Day, Valentine, Art, Paper, Cards, Postcards, Japan, United States, Britain, History, Fukui, Chocolate, Consumerism, Money, Marriage, Poetry, Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer, Saint, Christianity, Catholic Church, ChurchComment
Art, TravelDan BeauchampMarch 15, 2021Labor, 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 BeauchampMarch 15, 2021Labor, 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
