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Saigo Takamori: The last true samurai, defender of the Japanese spirit

Saigo Takamori's samurai rank was low, but that might account for his love for the land and disdain for wealth and power.

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A narrative forms around the divine country

The seeds of modern Japanese nationalism were sown by nativist scholar Motoori Norinaga, who lauded the concept of "mono no aware."

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Watanabe Kazan: One scholar s equivocal rebellion

Watanabe Kazan discovered a talent for drawing early on and became a hack artist, painting on demand for pennies. It kept starvation at bay.

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A tragic narrative for women persists even as times change

A Heian Period text reads, "Ladies must often depend on men who are nothing to them it is the way of the world." In Japanese literature, not much has changed.

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Escape into the courtly Heian Period with Genji

As a new year dawns, find calm and beauty in the vanished world of Murasaki Shikibu's 'The Tale of Genji.'

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