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

#Japan #JapanHistory #JapaneseHistory #JapanCinema #吉沢商店

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

#Japan #JapanHistory #JapaneseHistory #JapanCinema #吉沢商店

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/
Japanese Buddhism: A Cultural History

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…

The Open Buddhist University

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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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.

#Japan #JapanHistory #Books #JapaneseBooks #JapaneseMyths #JapaneseLegends
Just found “Scream from the Shadows” about women’s liberation movement in Japan during the year ’70s. I keep thinking: liberation was never about inclusion; it’s about creating new ways to live together. #AnarchaFeminism #FeministHistory #japanhistory