Series
Follow a theme across several episodes.
4 SERIES
Series 01 · 7 episodes
Kuniyoshi’s Goldfish
Playful fish, portraits of Edo life
The world of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s goldfish: lively parodies that turn everyday Edo scenes into unexpected stories.
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Series 02 · 6 episodes
Kuniyoshi’s 55 Cats on the Tōkaidō
Six stops on a very different journey
Follow Kuniyoshi’s cats from Edo to Kyoto, through fifty-five playful puns on the stations of the Tōkaidō.
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Series 03 · 4 episodes
Hyakunin Isshu
One hundred poets, individual lives
Poetry, people and stories behind the Hyakunin Isshu, explored one work at a time.
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Series 04 · 2 episodes
Japan in Colour
A cultural history told through colour
A closer look at the colours of Japan: how they were made, who used them and what they came to mean.
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