...this lovely book of woodblock prints of Tokyo's famous sites, part of the National Diet Library Digital Collection. https://t.co/voRrQ36Z3M

Opening one of these results, Inoue Tetsujiro's 1901 book "Bushido", it is possible to read the whole book using the online reader, and the relevant metadata is given at left. Usually, there is also a TOC, although not in this case. https://t.co/NQ6DxHeM1x 5/15 https://t.co/PS8Wq1ix74

The images I've used in this thread have been touched up slightly. The original images, and some others I haven't included here, are available for download from the National Diet Library: https://t.co/T5NqYc297B 7/7 https://t.co/6l6f7yRFKq

According to Ichioka, he was inspired to do this while in an observation balloon over Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War five years earlier. (Ichioka also published a separate album of photographs from that conflict: https://t.co/iatxRneQAF) 2/7 https://t.co/lZE32RqqzB

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

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This artwork by Kobayashi Kiyochika depicts Shinkyo, the "sacred bridge," in deep snow. It serves as a gateway to the historical landmarks that comprise the Shrines and Temples of Nikko World Heritage Site. #ndldigital https://t.co/SCQAQQcReT https://t.co/BbfzKbP52H

It might be fun to compare this with older travel guides. The NDL has this one from 1922 published by 満鉄: 鮮満支観光旅程: https://t.co/GMAmjTRfQQ 2/2

Looks delicious! A variety of #vegetables from a picture book published by a Japanese government-operated nursery company in the late 19th century. Find more at #ndldigital https://t.co/wnOIsMTnmh https://t.co/RkfleR86TW

Enjoy your #virtualtravel experiences at NDL Digital Collections! #KawaseHasui, a prominent modern landscape print artist, visited areas all over Japan and created a great number of landscape sketches as well as prints based on those sketches. #ndldigital https://t.co/hSliSqWWiY https://t.co/8uF24DrULX