Article: Delivering men from evil.

Article: Edo Rococo: this year is the 400th anniversary of the ...
Look Japan;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... that unlucky direction) in the area of Nikko, which had long been a holy site since ... were transferred to Tosho-gu shrine in Nikko in a suitably grand procession. In death ... Ieyasu, decided that the existing shrine at Nikko was too modest for his great predecessor ...

Article: Inventive Edo: technology before its time: an exhibition at the ...
Look Japan;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...EDO-period Japan (1603-1867), with its abundant ... enjoyed a worldwide reputation from the Edo period until the present. The existence of ... Japanese inventiveness and creativity in the Edo period. In the peace and prosperity of the ...

Article: Female shamans in eastern Japan during the Edo ...
Asian Folklore Studies;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... popular religious culture during the Edo period (1600-1868). Their history indicates ... in many northeastern areas during the Edo Period. (2) Nor do these miko appear to be ... ceremonies at a local shrine. As late Edo-Period documents from Nagano Prefecture indicate ...

Article: The Emergence of Kaidan-shu: The Collection of Tales of the ...
Asian Folklore Studies;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... from the rest. It was only during the Edo period that these stories were collected, compiled ... shu from its emergence in the early Edo period up to the appearance of Ugetsu monogatari ... demonstrate how kaidan liter ature of the Edo period (1600-1867) moves away from the religious ...

Article: Against the Ghosts of Recent Past: Meiji Scholarship and the ...
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of precept restoration during the late Edo Period, this article will focus in particular ... Japanese political history during the Edo period.3 Still, we can say that the work ... which covered the last part of the Edo period, was published in the year of Tsuji ...

Article: Japanese painting and its enigmas in the Edo period
International Herald Tribune;  April 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Japanese painting and its enigmas in the Edo period Byline: Souren Melikian The New York ... English, and little of substance about Edo period painters. A determined man, Price traveled ... Jakuchu. The bewildering diversity of Edo period art is encapsulated in Jakuchu's oeuvre ...

Article: Heroes and Monsters; A dramatic Japanese folk tale translated ...
The Washington Times;  March 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... through artwork produced during Japan's Edo period (1615-1868). This era is named after ... developed by Japanese artists during the Edo period. Some of their paintings use cinematiclike ... evil had a particular appeal for the Edo period's ruling shoguns who identified with ...