The Fire Brigades of Edo

An invaluable testimony to a lost culture, provided with an early Spanish commentary: the ceremonial clothing and rituals of Mexico's indigenous people

A colorful insight into the fashion history of the Ottoman Empire: the hierarchical order of its society in over 100 artistic images by the court painter of the Habsburg ambassador in Constantinople

Created to present his global empire to the Emperor: the diverse peoples of Charles V’s vast dominions, upon which the sun never set, and their distinctive fashions

Murasaki Shikibu's literary masterpiece with insights into the courtly culture of the Heian period: the oldest surviving copy of what may be the world's first novel, artfully illuminated by a talented team of female artists

Far more than a modern animal documentary from the 12th and 13th centuries: influential mockery of Japan's elites, hidden behind masterful, humorous, and sometimes anthropomorphic drawings of animals

Up close and personal with the Japanese imperial court of the Heian period during the 11th century: intimate insights from the diary of the famous poetess and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu