The National Diet Library owns scrapbooks created during the Edo period of title slips of Kusazoshi. They are important clues for finding publication information and the illustrations are fun to look at. #JapaneseStudies #ndldigital https://t.co/DD6fVjBZBQ https://t.co/jjNFfJOuvE
This colorful cover to the magazine Shojo Sekai (Girl’s World) is typical of the girls magazines that were popular during the early 20th century.
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Books on which films are based and novelizations of films have always been popular and lined in the shelves of bookstores. Read this article “Movies left on paper: Novelization of serial action films during the Taisho era” https://t.co/6KOyBdDNhs https://t.co/jzv1DImXLw
Rescuing the cultural heritage damaged by the tsunami.
The NDL conducted conservation work on the Yoshida-ke monjo, a series of historical documents of Iwate prefecture damaged by the tsunami caused by the #GreatEastJapanEarthquake.
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A great overview of recent, mainly English-language scholarship on Japanese heritage by Peter Zarrow. Open access at: https://t.co/Ouc4qkBs1V https://t.co/7gkDExr7vX
MATSUKATA Masayoshi was an elder statesman in the Meiji era. New additional items have been deposited in the NDL's "MATSUKATA Masayoshi Papers". Take a look at how this wooden box containing documents is opened. https://t.co/FZrAclVoa6 https://t.co/DRuCVGJNQ9
In the article "Edo period cookbooks―Food that is fun to read about and good to eat," we tell you about the wide variety of cuisine that Edo townsfolk loved to read about. #ndldigital https://t.co/ZUYF3z2rwd https://t.co/e7sGywpVEp
Picture book about steam trains published 1927. You can see a bento seller who sells #ekiben (train lunch) at platforms, which used to be a common scene but is now becoming rare. #ndldigital https://t.co/cLRObdYYyf https://t.co/b5Xg2Ox4G2
People and landscapes in Japan in the Taisho to early Showa periods. Print collection of #KawaseHasui (1883―1957). Hasui blended a modern viewpoint into an #ukiyoe lyrical world. #ndldigital https://t.co/tdJAaBRSLt https://t.co/HyjuyDu1yB
A series of #yokai paintings by #ukiyoe artist #TsukiokaYoshitoshi, who had a lifelong passion for yokai paintings. You can see his masterpieces created in his last years at #ndldigital https://t.co/9rEClMW854 https://t.co/153cz2K8MT
Have you ever heard of a dance called Bugaku? It is a dance accompanied by music that was introduced to Japan from China and Korea during the Nara and Heian period. Take a look at the colorful costumes of Bugaku! #ndldigital
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Look at Japanese children in the late Meiji era. 48 stories of children's everyday lives. Stories by Iwaya Sazanami, a pioneer of juvenile literature in Japan. Published in 1912. #iwayasazanami #ndldigital https://t.co/V7V5wPmlXq https://t.co/9c5wI0xFmL
Terrifying or humorous? This #sugoroku features colorful pictures of yokai—monsters from Japanese folk tales. #ndldigital https://t.co/6dL0kU0kOQ https://t.co/VpJfYmziON
The history of Japanese confectionery illustrates Japan's interaction with other countries: https://t.co/iiErXcxwxy #ndldigital https://t.co/ilZHQ5Nqfc
In recent years, the word bento has become almost as well known around the world as sushi, anime, or manga. #ndldigital
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One of the sugoroku boards inspired by JIPPENSHA Ikku’s Tokaidochu hizakurige. Each square depicts a specific scene of the novel so you can follow its plot. #ndldigital https://t.co/XmWY4IK3Fv https://t.co/QC0Jq1jhjZ
Censors' notes reveal their struggle to specifically judge which parts contravened the rules for censorship.
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One vassal of the Shogun planned a get-rich-quick scheme by exploiting a bird. Read this article to get the full story. #ndldigital
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