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Why were the courtesans painted? — After seeing “Special Exhibition: Yoshiwara”

https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/culture/pt2024090602035214656.html

Published: September 5, 2024 17:03

From March 26 to May 19, 2024, the “Special Exhibition: Yoshiwara” was held at the University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts. About 89,900 people visited the museum, and the catalog sold out. It was a great success. The author visited the…

Osaka Expo must not forget the community: Architecture is about preserving people’s memories for future generations

https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/society/pt2024090422190914644.html

Published: September 4, 2024 13:19

Yamamoto Riken, Architect I was selected to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize (hereinafter Pritzker Prize) in March 2024, and since then I have been grateful to have received many interviews and lecture requests from both Japan and abroad. Recently,…

A Genre in Literature Where Human Nature Is Laid Bare

https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/culture/pt2024090322383314626.html

Published: September 3, 2024 13:38

The act of looking at daily life Three years have passed since I opened “Nikki-ya Tsukihi,”[1] a store specializing in diary literature, in the BONUS TRACK[2] commercial area in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo. I myself like reading diary books, and have been…

Spirituality of Earthquake Disasters: Living with the Dead

https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/society/pt2024082916290714604.html

Published: August 29, 2024 07:29

Questions from the Great East Japan Earthquake The results of my decade-long research on the Great East Japan Earthquake[1] were published on March 11, 2024 as Ikeru Shisha no Shinsai Reiseiron—Saigai no fujori no tadanaka de (Living dead—A spirituality of…