Yoshizawa Shōten
The first Japanese film company, established in September 1897 through the partnership of Yoshizawa Shōhō and Marukawa Shōten.
It left a major legacy before closing in 1912
Yoshizawa Shōten
The first Japanese film company, established in September 1897 through the partnership of Yoshizawa Shōhō and Marukawa Shōten.
It left a major legacy before closing in 1912
VINTAGE POSTCARD Japanese Japan Ladies has their toilet
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The Mainichi: Hiroshima City U. launches online digital archive of art and peace research material. “Hiroshima City University here has begun publishing its extensive collection of artworks and academic resources online, digitizing materials held by its art museum and Hiroshima Peace Institute.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/09/the-mainichi-hiroshima-city-u-launches-online-digital-archive-of-art-and-peace-research-material/📕 A Cultural History (A free, 204-page book translation from 2001)
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https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/monographs/japanese-buddhism_tamura-yoshiro
Buddhist temples were meant to be halls of truth, places where the Buddha’s teachings are imparted and practiced and centers where those whose lives are sustained by that truth can gather. But in the Edo period, temples came to be supported not by individual believers but by the parish, or danka, system. Temples became places where memorial services for parishioners’ ancestors were held…
MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF JAPAN by F. Hadland Davis
Another new book in my shelf !
First published in 1913 and now, I have this one in Spanish, a beautiful hardcover with illustrations in more than 600 pages.
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