This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Founded in 1936 under the auspices of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies (HJAS) has without ...

For Japan, 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration; the name given to the events of 1868 that saw the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate (or bakufu) and the creation of a new ...

On New Year’s Eve, the Japanese think three symbols in dreams are lucky: Mount Fuji, an eagle and an eggplant. They are all deeply related with Ieyasu Tokugawa, who began the Edo Bakufu government, ...

During the late Tokugawa period, tensions between the bakufu and Chōshū clan are rising due to arguments over how to deal with foreigners in Japan. However, unlike the rest of the Chōshū clan members, ...

In this lesson, students query the common characterization of Tokugawa Japan as a “closed country.” Analyzing written, visual, and quantitative sources, students use critical thinking skills to learn ...

Catalog of an exhibition "Tokugawa bakufu yonhyakunen kinen shūki tokubetsuten" held at Tokugawa Bijutsukan, Oct. 4-Nov. 9, 2003. siris_sil_866201 ...