Five Aspects of The Military Spirit 軍人の精神
Featured in this hanging scroll are portraits of Taisho Emperor Yoshihito and the Japanese Imperial Family. They are presented in Western military attire rather than […]
Articles by karsand
“Bronze Pillar” Inkstick
This inkstick was produced by order of Wu Dacheng to commemorate his 1886 negotiations of the Sino-Russian border to clarify the boundary between China and […]
Negotiations Between Japan, China, and Korea
Japanese military and political conflict within East Asia began with disputes over control of the Korean peninsula, as dramatized here in a print meant for […]
The Shih-Mun or Rock Gates (Province of Kiang-Nan)
During the 19th century, with the flood of Chinese goods into the Western market, the world became intrigued by Chinese culture and décor. People’s curiosities […]
Export Porcelain
Although porcelain, silks, and teas were the fundamental luxury goods underpinning trade between East Asia and the West, the demand for Chinese-made items in England, […]
Imari Ware
Blue and white Chinese porcelain often dominates the Western imagination of export ware from East Asia. By the late 19th century, Imari ware from Japan, […]
A Foreign Residence in Yokohama
Those living in the West were curious about East Asia, just as peoples of East Asia were about those in the West. After the Treaty […]
Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi
Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), a prominent Italian Jesuit missionary, and his Chinese contemporary Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), an agronomist, astronomer, mathematician, politician, and writer of the late […]
Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese
This collection of ten ornately bound volumes is a photographic travel journal series that purport to convey a more authentic and direct understanding of 19th […]
The Executioner
Italian-British photographer Felice Beato was based in Japan from 1863 to 1884. In this scene he recreates the execution of Shimidzu Seiji, a Japanese man […]