53 stations of the Tokaido (東海道五十三次)

Shin Tokyo Hyakkei

Nikolai Cathedral is the popular name for the headquarters of the Japanese Orthodox Church, constructed in 1891 in the Kanda district. The dome was badly damaged in the earthquake but was rebuilt by 1929. The cathedral was one…

Sakhalin Ainu shamans produced abstract wooden figurines called nipopo ("wooden baby"), used primarily as amulets for curing or warding off childhood disease. The addition of strips of red and blue cloth or a blue bead (on the upper figure) was…

Traditional Surrealist Piece by Tetsuya Ishida

A Softer Side of Nobuyoshi Araki
— July 9, 2015 —
An exhibition of the photographer’s new work shows a gentler approach from the Japanese provocateur