Walter Henry Medhurst, a missionary to China who worked on Chinese-English dictionaries, also compiled a bilingual Japanese-English dictionary in 1830. (My namesake, but not a direct relation - as far as I know!) National Diet Library digital copy https://t.co/6QRQYMWpwX https://t.co/Hq820KKGyq

RT @kasuga391: @RichardMedh Hello Richard. We finally identified the source text which Capek copied from! It is "Gikyoku Jinzō-ningen", the…

RT @tomoakiyama: Japan in shock! Statistical study shows no relationship between blood type & personality https://t.co/RYKedvdRrw (via @dan…

How are manga studies performed? The answer can be found in this report: https://t.co/N7iDZ53xSX https://t.co/JxeZJ0U8v8

“53 stations on the Tokaido” (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan) by Katsushika Hokusai. Compared to Utagawa Hiroshige's work on the same theme, Hokusai focused more on people than landscapes. #ndlditital https://t.co/2Li5Ym2bMo https://t.co/nv46mKavyv

A somewhat disfigured "hip hip hooray!" upon arriving in the UK in 1862: P[>h]eppeppehorē ペツペツペホレー ... The note says: "Meaning unclear, likely a congratulatory expression." < 尾蠅歐行漫錄: https://t.co/qt25DJGdKv https://t.co/aVfBwr5qee

This series of #nishikie depicts how people in the Edo period survived the heat of summer by using wisdom and wit. Here you can even see the prototype of a rotary fan. #ukiyoe #ndldigital https://t.co/SfauX3SUZ6 https://t.co/vE5BwQA4MD

Tofu is an all-time favorite for Japanese. Even for monsters, too? https://t.co/9Ic4UJF0we #ndldigital https://t.co/3gv2ura3Ql

Record of a game of go played by the last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate: https://t.co/Uj7pZsGbHh https://t.co/MC5wUNqjYD

The bicycle has been our friend for centuries, and is now getting a lot of attention for its environmental sustainability. #WorldBicycleDay #ndldigital https://t.co/3R9BVuDXgl https://t.co/LyR9WRcGAW

An Illustration of the Steam Locomotive at Shinbashi Station by #HiroshigeIII. The first railway of Japan started operation between Shinbashi and Yokohama in 1872. #ndldigital #ukiyoe https://t.co/egx4VYVzsb https://t.co/Wtym5ZgTMY

Travelers in the Edo period crossed the Oigawa River in this way, along the most difficult part of the #Tokaido Highway. #ndldigital https://t.co/NZGEjWUjCj https://t.co/E0HedcesCs

One-inch Monk's adventure. #Issumboshi is a popular #JapaneseFolktale of an extraordinarily small boy who travels with chopstick paddles on a bowl ship and vanquishes demons with a needle sword to turn into a tall handsome man. https://t.co/rmos7chXI6 https://t.co/yWSNwYVFb5

@RichardMedh Hello Richard. We finally identified the source text which Capek copied from! It is "Gikyoku Jinzō-ningen", the translation of "R.U.R." by Itsuo Uga in 1923. https://t.co/wVPGpIbyV7 https://t.co/I0l0oOIV3q