forced treaties under military threat, or political intrigue ended sakoku. Civil war broke out in 1868, sparking the Meiji Restoration and ending the Edo Period. Despite the seclusion, Japan’s ...

Textual Cultures, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2021), pp. 3-19 (17 pages) Why were certain kinds of knowledge kept secret during the Edo period and what impact did secretive practices have on the ...

The Member representing Esan North-East/Esan South-East Federal Constituency of Edo State in the House of ... has called for the establishment of military formations in flashpoint areas of Uromi.

Edo State. The House also called on the Federal Government, through the Defence Headquarters to establish a military base in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area, to enhance security ...

TSUYAMA, Okayama Prefecture--It might not be to everyone’s taste but chocolate based on a recipe from the Edo Period (1603-1867) is now on sale in Japan. The brainchild of an enterprising ...

A newly discovered pair of painted folding screens have been confirmed to be the joint work of renowned Edo Period artists Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) and Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795). The screens were ...