A new exhibit of Japanese art in San Francisco cal...  ...hings in an opulent world. But these women of the Edo period were prostitutes in the Yoshiwara pleasure distri...  ...itutes in the Yoshiwara pleasure district outside Edo (now Tokyo). The art promoted business, and invit...  ...ould not have been pleasan...

Ancient Japanese legends tell of a strange blade,...  ...be nothing but a legend until a sakabato from the Edo period was discovered inside a storage locker. It appear...