The significance of the Meiji Restoration, an important political period in Japanese history credited for ushering in an era of major political and social change continues to be debated extensively, ...

Approaching Japan's artistically diverse and politically entangled history of art is a formidable task, not least because English-language art history publications on the multifaceted subject are few ...

Editor's Note: History offers the most profound lessons and warnings. Since the Meiji Restoration, Japanese militarists have used "protecting overseas nationals" as a pretext to weave false narratives ...