Few historical warrior classes evoke the same sort of fascination as the samurai in popular culture. Samurai came to ...

Tokugawa Japan as a model for the world : the past as prologue -- Author's introduction : the changing image of the Tokugawa period -- Part I. Rakuchū rakugai-zu : paintings of scenes in and around ...

Introduction In 1549, Christianity was introduced to Japan by Francis Xavier. It spread rapidly amid the chaos of the Sengoku ...

Toward a social history of Sōtō Zen -- Registering the family, memorializing the ancestors : the Zen temple and the parishioner household -- Funerary Zen : managing the dead in the world beyond -- The ...