Japan

While researching the Asakusa (浅草) amusement district, popular during the Taishō period (大正時代, 1912–26), I ran across a curious term: acharaka (アチャラカ)…

When people think of the Japanese theatrical arts, their thoughts run to kabuki, noh, and possibly even bunraku (能, 歌舞伎, and 文楽, respectively). But, as this series has shown with regards, the Taishō…

During the time of the Tokugawa bakufu (徳川幕府, 1600–1868), the pre-modern city of Edo (江戸) began to grow as the place from which the shogun (将軍) ruled…