Famous in Japan

Studying individuals from around the world who are famous in Japan, both past and present.

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Jan 85 min read

Jan 85 min read

Kakuzo Okakura at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1905 (Original image copy held by Tenshin Memorial Museum of Art) A scholar whose...

Dec 10, 20246 min read

[ William Adams before Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu ] Often referred to as the "Blue-Eyed Samurai" and the inspiration for the drama Shogun ,...

Nov 5, 20244 min read

[ Imai Yone in Tokyo performing kamishibai in 1933. ] An innovator who saw the potential in the art form, Imai Yone, a Japanese Christian...

Oct 16, 20243 min read

[ Dorotabo from the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons series (1780). A one-eyed ghost who cries for his rice fields to be returned to...

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