TAIJI. In the Yi jing (Book of Changes; a wisdom book in ancient China that is widely believed to have been a major source of inspiration for Confucianism and Daoism), the term Taiji ("great ultimate") signifies the origin and ground of...

Another Taijitu attributed to Zhou Dun-yi. The red-colored areas are colored (whereas the traditional version leaves them white) to show that both circles represent the Taiji. The Taiji "falls into immanence" first as the Yin and Yang, and then as...

SHIZUOKA Taiji Matsue VANGI SCULPTURE GARDEN MUSEUM Going to the opposite extreme from the blurry vision of Daido Moriyama, his primary influence, Taiji Matsue asserts relentless visibility, dissolving perspective in the glare of sharp outlines and in the accumulation of self-assertive...

Proposition: Taiji is a therapeutic exercise regime with applications in cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. While ancient in origin, Taiji is new to Western rehabilitative disciplines. Older Americans, in increasing numbers, are enthusiastically embracing it. Third-party payers are reimbursing for it. Clinical evidence of therapeutic effect is...

Every autumn and winter, hunters from this craggy Japanese fishing village corral thousands of dolphins into a tiny, isolated cove and kill them for meat and fertilizer, turning the water red with their blood.And every year, foreign animal rights protesters converge on the town, interfering...

A whale's bleeding carcass bobbed in the surf, a steel harpoon jutting from its side. Then butchers at this Japanese fishing village went to work, turning a motorized winch to haul the beast ashore.On the flensing floor, the men blessed it with rice wine —...