EditorialCourtesans of Okamoto, from the book "Mirror of Beautiful Women of the Pleasure Quarters (Seiro bijin awase sugata kagami)," vol. 2. Katsukawa Shunsho; Japanese, 1726-1792; Kitao Shigemasa; Japanese, 1739-1820. Date: 1776. Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 in...
EditorialMisugu Okamoto of Japan competes in the women's park skateboarding finals at Ariake Urban Sports Park in Tokyo Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialPresident Lyndon B. Johnson greets Martin Luther King Jr. after signing the Voting Rights Act into law in Washington on Aug. 6, 1965. (Lyndon B. Johnson Library via The New York Times)
EditorialTomotaka Okamoto performs during closing ceremony of the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021. (James Hill/The New York Times)
EditorialJapan?s Misugu Okamoto is carried and cheered by other competitors to lighten the disappointment after she fell on her third run during the Women?s Park Skateboarding finals in Tokyo, Aug. 4, 2021. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)