Show-offery was serious business amongst the ruling class of Edo-period Japan. Since this was an age long before sports cars or private jets, one culturally refined way to outdo the neighbouring daimyō – short of setting fire to his castle and enslaving his entire household (which would have been just a tad uncouth) – wasContinue reading “Field Report: Suizen-ji Jōju-en, Kumamoto, Japan (27 March 2015)”
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