Month: August 2016
High Peak in Derbyshire and Japanese Artist: Bamford, Edale, Grindleford, and New Mills
On the Verge of Peace: Colombia Reaches Final Agreement with the FARC
Mavis the Magic Dog: Sakura the Squirrel and the Terrible Storm (Magic, Nature, and Shinto)
NATO Turkey is Killing the Kurds Directly in Syria: Obama is the new Arthur Zimmermann
Visegrad must Unite against Merkel’s Ambition to Dilute Europe: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia
Taiwan’s Military Reforms and Strategy: Reset Required
Revolutionary Period in Japan and the Artist Sadahide
Book for Children: Mavis, the Japanese Boy called Ryo and the Magical World of Shimabara
Earthquake Tragedy Strikes Central Italy
Chinese Military Promises Aid to Syria
Alyse Radenovic and Biblical Art: Judaism, the Belief of the Pharaoh and the Jews of China
Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Adorable Japanese Landscapes: Natural Flow of Nature
Azerbaijan and Geopolitical Concerns: Russian Federation and Turkey
South Sudan’s Risky Political Impasse
Art Book of Japan and European Art: Buddhism, Churches, Derbyshire, Dutch Art, Shinto, and Ukiyo-e
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi and Art of Japan: Creativity, Depression, and Changing Times
The Philippines’ Misguided Plan to Stop South China Sea Tensions
Hassan Nasrallah and Hezbollah on the Frontline in Fighting Sectarian Takfiri Islamists
Japanese Art and Eishōsai Chōki
A New Threat to Libya’s Stability Emerges
Sunni Takfiri threat against Christians and Indigenous Muslims in the Lake Chad Basin
Influence of Paris Art Scene for Alfred Sisley and Fujishima Takeji
Japanese History and Culture: Ikebana (living flowers)
Syria: Jabhat al-Nusra’s Rebranding Aims To Ensure Group’s Survival
Meiji to the Mirage of Modern Tokyo Lady: Photography of Japan
Sawako Utsumi and Art of Japan: Yokoyama Taikan and Sakai Hoitsu
Erdogan-Gulen Power Struggle Divides European Turks
Emperor Akihito of Japan needs Similar Dignity in Possible Abdication
Terrorists enter Syria based on Gulf and NATO Intrigues: Blockade and Refugees
Ghost of Koheiji and Konishi Hirosada: Japanese Art and Folklore
Attack on Gülen Movement Increasingly a Cornerstone of Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Balkans
Burundi Opposes French-led United Nations Resolution Citing Infringement of Sovereignty
Japan Art, Utagawa Toyokuni, and Kabuki: Pragmatic Alternative to Sharaku
Slow-motion Coup in Venezuela?
South Africa’s Local Election: ANC Cronyism is Catching Up
Ando Hiroshige: Landscapes, Sexuality, to Buddhist Monk
Child Abuse Cases in Japan Jumps to over 100,000: Social Ills and Signs of Growing Awareness
China Quietly Displacing Both Russia and US From Central Asia
Homosexual Raped and Brutally Murdered in Turkey: PC Liberal Betrayal of Real Refugees
Japanese Art and a Spice of Ukiyo-e: Mountains in Blue and the Kami of Shinto
Japan and North Korea: Ballistic Missile Enters Japanese Waters and Surreal Reality
The Struggle with Islamic State that Turkey Hoped to Avoid
Claude Monet and Impact of Japanese Art: Impressionism and Ukiyo-e
Tosa School and Japanese Art: Buddhism, Dynamics of Power and Tosa Mitsunobu
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