Japan and America
America entered World War II after Japan attacked this naval base on Oahu on December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
Among ukiyo-e’s popular depictions were these large Japanese wrestlers.
sumo
The Aokigahara, or “Suicide Forest,” lies at the foot of this volcano, the tallest mountain in Japan.
Mount Fuji
“Bunraku” theatre makes use of these figures, which are manipulated by the hands of hidden controllers.
puppets
Japan’s national soccer team is sponsored by this German sportswear brand, known as the three stripes.
Adidas
“Yakyū” is the Japanese name for this sport, played in the Central and Pacific Leagues as well as by Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani for the Seattle Mariners and L.A. Angels in the U.S., respectively.
baseball
This Dutch painter coined “Japonaiserie” to describe ukiyo-e’s influence on post-impressionism, exemplified by his own paintings of sunflowers and Starry Night.
Vincent van Gogh
Rather than states or provinces, Japan is divided into 47 of these jurisdictions.
These female entertainers wear kimono and are notable for their wearing white “oshiroi” powder as facial makeup.
geisha
This Japanese department store chain is known for selling basics at affordable prices and its unisex clothes.
UNIQLO
Instead of turkey, many Japanese families popularly enjoy “party barrels” from this American fast food company for Christmas.
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Ukiyo-e are prints using blocks of this material, also used in cuts and engravings.
This is the largest of the 4 main "home islands".
Honshu
“Aragoto” is an exaggerated form of this elaborate Japanese style of drama, in which performers wear “kumadori” stage makeup.
kabuki
Named for the French for “like the boys,” this Japanese fashion company’s logo is a red heart with eyes.
Comme des Garcons
“Taco rice,” consisting of ground beef, cheese, lettuce, and tomato on rice, has been popularized by the American military presence on this Japanese island in the Ryukyus.
Okinawa
Ukiyo-e prints were popular amongst these people, the lowest caste in 1700’s Japan, who amassed power by distributing goods.
merchants
Joe Rosenthal won a Pulitzer Prize for capturing six marines raising a US flag on this sulfurous island’s highest point, Mount Suribachi.
Iwo Jima
The American naval officer Pinkerton loves the title character of this Giacomo Puccini opera set in Japan, the basis for Miss Saigon.
Madame Butterfly
Camo patterns and full-zip shark hoodies are produced by this hypebeast brand, popularly referred to as a portmanteau.
A Bathing Ape (or Bape)
The arrival of American commodore Matthew Perry ended Japan’s isolationist “sakoku” period under this shogunate, founded by Ieyasu.
Tokugawa Shogunate
The most famous practitioner of ukiyo-e was this artist, who famously created the Great Wave off Kanagawa.
Katsushika Hokusai
Firestorms swept this flat region following a devastating 1923 earthquake.
Kantō Plain
“Kyōgen” is the comic counterpart to this masked style of Japanese drama, the oldest theatre art still performed today.
noh
Yohji Yamamoto is the chief designer of this avant-garde streetwear brand; his initials help name it.
y3