Here’s a nice website which will allow you to go an a tour of Edo Japan through Hiroshige’s vision of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido.
Link to a site with all of Hiroshige’s Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido
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Category Archives: Asian Art and Culture
Samurai! Exhibit at Boston MFA
If you are able to head to Boston, Massachusetts, this summer be sure to catch the Samurai! exhibit at the MFA. It looks very well done indeed.
Ancient Chang’an’s Xingjiao Temple to be Partially Demolished
Authorities Responisible for Xi’an (ancient Chang’an) Propose to Demolish Significant Parts of Xingjiao Temple in order to secure World Heritage Recogntition. This would seem to be a severe misunderstanding of the definition of world heritage…..
New Tomb Cluster, Contemporary with the Tang Dynasty, Discovered in Xinjiang’s Pamir Mountains
New Tombs Discovered in Xinjiang, Contemporary with Tang Dynasty (and many dedicated to infants).
Iconoclasm: World Heritage Destroyed, Under Threat, and Abducted
Famed Tunisia Mausoleum Destroyed in Probable Arson Attack
Modern Cemetery Endangers Egyptian Pharaonic Necropolis at Dahshour
Frescoes by Renowned Icon Painter Damaged and Partially Stolen from Albanian Church
Tearing Down Real Historic Buildings and Replacing Them with Fabricated Ones in Beijing