This article investigates the history of a seemingly simple health-maintenance practice as a prism for understanding processes of medical popularization. Kanpu masatsu, rubbing one’s skin with a towel...

Rinzai Zen priest Nantenbō Tōjū (1839–1925), an important figure in modern Japanese Buddhism, was also a prominent calligrapher. His eccentric large-scale works inspired avant-garde artists of the Gut...