Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
February 5, 2021 at 13:00 JST
A “hashika-e” from 1862 depicts the god of measles being carried off on bamboo poles. (Provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Library)
At the height of a measles pandemic in 1862, a genre of ukiyo-e woodblock prints known as “hashika-e” (literally, measles pictures) disseminated a mountain of gossip and hearsay. [Read More]
Stories about memories of cherry blossoms solicited from readers
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series on the death of a Japanese woman that sparked a debate about criminal justice policy in the United States
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
