Author Archives: Minami Nakanishi
Rabbit in Painting: Japan
Easter is around the corner. I’m sure that you see many rabbits and eggs in stores. In Durham, some rabbits are hopping around the hill college. Even in ancient Japan, rabbits could be seen in many place and there was a comic about rabbits and other animals. Choju jinbutsu giga Choju jinbutsu giga which means […]
Valentine Edition Part Two: Love Poems in Ancient Japan
In Part one, I introduced The Tale of Genji which is one of the famous classic novels written in eleventh century. But in earlier age, writing poem was already popular and many of the poems remain. At that time, many anthologies of poems were published, and it was popular to critique and choose good poets. […]
