Japanese Modernism Across Media

Browse Items (939 total)

Eyes of Zoro and Robin, a comparison of the eyes of men and women in a modern shonen manga/ anime

Omusha is the Ainu word for "greetings". However, it became loosely related to the Japanese word "onsha" meaning "favor and gratitude" which turned the Ainu ceremony of welcoming guests into a place where the Japanese reinforced their rule over the…

Tags:

Illustration of Ainu people fishing on byobu wall screens.

Tags:

Depiction of an Ainu man by a Japanese explorer.

Tags:

Prada Catwalk

Image of Japanese contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara
Output Formats

atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2