Historical buildings vanishing - The Daily Yomiuri

Historical buildings vanishing
The Daily Yomiuri
Over the last 30 years, 75 percent of the modern buildings constructed in Tokyo's 23 wards from the Meiji period (1868-1912) through the prewar period have ...

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Japan's Enlightenment: Enamel Arts of the Meiji Period - Christie's

Japan's Enlightenment: Enamel Arts of the Meiji Period
Christie's
Among the more than 50 works from the Meiji period in this sale is an outstanding cloisonné enamel vase from the studio of eminent Kyoto enamel artist ...

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Death Penalty Still Hangs In The Balance - Inter Press Service

Death Penalty Still Hangs In The Balance
Inter Press Service
This is despite the fact that there has been more than usual discussion of the death penalty in a country that has had it since 1868, during the Meiji Era. ...

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Ancient Japanese doctor's notes for measles, syphilis and ... handwriting? - CNNGo.com

Ancient Japanese doctor's notes for measles, syphilis and ... handwriting?
CNNGo.com
The Meiji period saw Japan shift from a reliance on gods and charms to science to cure diseases, as Western knowledge reached the previously isolated nation ...

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Christie's Presents the Fall Sale of Japanese and Korean Art - Art Daily

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"The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history."

by Carl T. Rowan

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