EditorialUrotrichus talpoides, Print, The Japanese shrew mole or himizu (???) (Urotrichus talpoides) is a species of mammal in the family Talpidae. It is endemic to Japan and is found on Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Awaji Island, Shodo Island, Oki Islands, Tsushima...
EditorialAttus Amip (Man?s Coat), late Edo period (1789?1868), c. 1860, Ainu, Japan, Hokkaido Island, Japan, Elm tree bark fiber, plain weave, center back and outer edges appliqu?d with cotton, plain weave, underlaid with cotton, plain weave, embroidered with c...
EditorialHaku-unpoku or obajisha, Styrax obassia, native to Hokkaido. Handcoloured woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901.