Ukiyo-e
Art, TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Money, Currency, Bank of Japan, Cash, Capitalism, Eiichi Shibusawa, Umeko Tsuda, Tokyo, Tokyo Station, France, Germany, United States, Cherry Blossoms, Shibasaburo Kitasato, Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Art, Edo Period, Meiji Period, Bank, English, wisteria, Nobel Prize, Emil von Behring, Fumio Kishida, Bacteria, Racism, Nationalism, Education, Philanthropy, News, Kanagawa, Berlin, AmsterdamComment

First Look: Japan’s New Banknotes

Who are the faces on the nation’s 2024 banknote series?

Art, TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Money, Currency, Bank of Japan, Cash, Capitalism, Eiichi Shibusawa, Umeko Tsuda, Tokyo, Tokyo Station, France, Germany, United States, Cherry Blossoms, Shibasaburo Kitasato, Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai, Great Wave, Ukiyo-e, Japanese Art, Edo Period, Meiji Period, Bank, English, wisteria, Nobel Prize, Emil von Behring, Fumio Kishida, Bacteria, Racism, Nationalism, Education, Philanthropy, News, Kanagawa, Berlin, AmsterdamComment
First Look: Japan’s New Banknotes
Travel, ArtDan BeauchampFuji, Mount Fuji, Fujisan, Fujiyama, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Japan, Travel, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Woodblock, Pilgrimage, Edo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kusama, Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Koji Kinutani, Kinutani, Prince Shotoku, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, David Hockney, Hockney, World Heritage, UNESCO, KAWS, Nationalism, Nature, Mountain, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Peace2 Comments

A Visual History of Mount Fuji

Exploring the symbolism of Japan’s most famous mountain.

Travel, ArtDan BeauchampFuji, Mount Fuji, Fujisan, Fujiyama, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Japan, Travel, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Woodblock, Pilgrimage, Edo, Tokyo, Kyoto, Hokusai, Hiroshige, Kusama, Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Yayoi Kusama, Takashi Murakami, Koji Kinutani, Kinutani, Prince Shotoku, Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, David Hockney, Hockney, World Heritage, UNESCO, KAWS, Nationalism, Nature, Mountain, Cherry Blossoms, Sakura, Peace2 Comments
A Visual History of Mount Fuji
TravelDan BeauchampKanamara Matsuri, Festival, Japan, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Penis, Shrine, Shinto, Ukiyo-e, Kojiki, Penis Festival, Edo, Queer, LGBT, Michelangelo, Nudity, Sex, Sexuality, Fertility, Children, EventComment

Japan’s Penis Festival Returns

The world-famous Kanamara Matsuri is back in all its uncensored glory.

TravelDan BeauchampKanamara Matsuri, Festival, Japan, Kawasaki, Tokyo, Penis, Shrine, Shinto, Ukiyo-e, Kojiki, Penis Festival, Edo, Queer, LGBT, Michelangelo, Nudity, Sex, Sexuality, Fertility, Children, EventComment
Japan’s Penis Festival Returns
ArtDan BeauchampDesign, Zen, Steve Jobs, Buddhism, Food, Seafood, Ukiyo-e, Japan, Japanese Art, Fukui, Tokyo, Kyoto, Apple, Sony, Suzuki, Ryoanji, iPod, Jobs, Macintosh, Bauhaus, Jony Ive, Ive, CalligraphyComment

Steve Jobs: Made in California, Designed by Japan

Jobs is remembered as an icon of American innovation, but he was deeply influenced by Japan.

ArtDan BeauchampDesign, Zen, Steve Jobs, Buddhism, Food, Seafood, Ukiyo-e, Japan, Japanese Art, Fukui, Tokyo, Kyoto, Apple, Sony, Suzuki, Ryoanji, iPod, Jobs, Macintosh, Bauhaus, Jony Ive, Ive, CalligraphyComment
Steve Jobs: Made in California, Designed by Japan
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 BeauchampSakura, Cherry Blossoms, Japan, Osaka, Tokyo, History, War, World War 2, World War II, Nature, Culture, Art, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Hanami, COVID-19, COVID, Flowers, Philosophy, Mono-No-Aware, Nationalism, Death, Kamikaze, Music, Climate Change, Buddhism, Shinto1 Comment

Death and Beauty: The Fleeting Sakura Season

Cherry blossoms are vital to understanding Japanese history and culture.

Art, TravelDan BeauchampSakura, Cherry Blossoms, Japan, Osaka, Tokyo, History, War, World War 2, World War II, Nature, Culture, Art, Japanese Art, Ukiyo-e, Hanami, COVID-19, COVID, Flowers, Philosophy, Mono-No-Aware, Nationalism, Death, Kamikaze, Music, Climate Change, Buddhism, Shinto1 Comment
Death and Beauty: The Fleeting Sakura Season
Art, TravelDan BeauchampJapan, Fukui, Japanese Art, Dan In Japan, Maruoka Castle, Maruoka, Ukiyo-e, Woodblock, Sakai, Oda Nobunaga, Nobunaga, Shibata Katsuie, Katsuie, Buddhism, Ikko-ikki, Shibata Katsutoyo, Katsutoyo, Daimyo, Samurai, Guns, SakuraComment

About Maruoka, Japan's Oldest Surviving Castle

Exploring Japan’s oldest surviving castle.

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About Maruoka, Japan's Oldest Surviving Castle
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