EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialFans of Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yakult Swallows pack the stands for a preseason game at Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in the 1920s, in central Tokyo on March 18, 2023. (Joshua Mellin/The New York Times)
EditorialEmpress Jingu (left), and Her Minister Takenouchi no Sukune (right). Katsukawa Shun'ei; Japanese, 1762-1819. Date: 1785-1789. Dimensions: 16.7 x 24.8 cm (6 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.). Color woodblock print; koban. Origin: Japan.
EditorialJapan: Empress Jingu (c.169 - 269 CE), supposedly setting foot in Korea. Jingu was consort to Emperor Chuai, and she also served as Regent (209-269), scroll painting by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 - 1861), 1880