A Japanese illustration of the development of wood built ships, from the dugouts of ancient times to the warships of the modern era.
From a 1943 treatise on wood and warfare:
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A map of the distribution (ca. 1930) of Japanese language schools in California
Offers a pretty good sense of the geography of the Japanese diaspora state-wide at that point.
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Scenes from a 1911 children's booklet on aviation
Striking that flying machines were already being conveyed as instruments of war, w/ multiple illustrations profiling aerial bombing. This, just when Italians were dropping grenades from planes in Libya
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7/ As a whole, the atlas spins a familiar narrative, one meant to ultimately reaffirm Japan's status as a colonial power in Asia and invest authority in its imperial throne.
These maps should all be read in that light.
You can explore the atlas here:
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The rivers, lakes, and mountains of Japan, as profiled in Aoki Tsunesaburo's 1890 "New Particular Atlas of the Japan Empire"
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5/ It's a somewhat curious assortment of maps, but offers a sense of what particular territories (hence the title, I suppose) were of interest at the time.
See for yourself:
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A 1924 map of ski slopes and skating rinks across Japan
A nice reminder that folks have been shredding Hokkaido's powder for well over a century
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An illustration of evolutionary history from a 1950 Japanese almanac for kids
There's something both telling and tragic about the last scene, of evolution leading animal life to incarceration at the zoo
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A visual guide to Korean watersheds published by the Japanese colonial land survey bureau in 1919
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2/ And here's some bball modeling from a 1926 guidebook entitled simply "Basketball"
If I'm on the court, that "cross body shot" doesn't stand a chance
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I see your 3-D Tokyo subway station maps and raise you the original blueprints used to dig then build the Ginza line, connecting Ueno to Asakusa in 1927
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Aerial photographs of Tianjin, captured from a dirigible balloon suspended over the city.
Taken in 1902, these are among the earliest aerial photographs published in Japan.
Source: 北清事変写真帖
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Left: a 1937 Japanese "Coffee Map of the World." Then as now, Brazil was the hub of production.
Right: a graphic of average individual annual coffee consumption by country. Then as now, Scandinavia is the hub of consumption.
Source: 珈琲テキストブック
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4/ This map was brought to my attention by Joseph Seeley (of UVA), whose written extensively on the place of animals in the Japanese empire.
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The source is a treatise on hunting in Japan, replete with a handy guide to trapping:
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You can check out the insect air raid drill for yourself here:
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This visual material might also merit comparison with Ian Miller's work, esp. his gut-wrenching chapter on the beastly sacrifices at the wartime Ueno Zoo:
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My takeaway: buy your librarians and archivists a drink the next chance you get.
Now more than ever, as they keep our research agendas running against the backdrop of a different sort of crisis.
For more on this, see Nishitaka's work here:
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Map of the tallest peaks in Japan (ca. 1890), just five years before Alishan in Taiwan usurped Fujisan's status as the alpine pinnacle of the empire.
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A 1948 Japanese map of the American Civil War.
The numbered places demarcate major battles and significant sites in a roughly chronological fashion.
Without a legend or even state lines, though, the map is exceedingly difficult to read.
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Another comes from a 1926 biography of Lincoln, this one far more comprehensive in coverage.
The assassination scene is dramatic, focusing on the turmoil in Lincoln's box seat.
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One comes from an 1896 biography of Lincoln.
Whereas the 1873 drawing portrays a Caeser-like stabbing, this one focuses on a lone gun-wielding assassin.
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Written by 関吉孝 and illustrated by 石塚寧斎, the book is entitled 万国英雄銘々伝. You can find a full scan via the NDL here: https://t.co/3FqWn9jOVF
Regrettably, the scan is black-and-white, depriving us of a riot of color.
A much more detailed account comes from Akamine Seichirō, who in 1886 published Beikoku Ima Fushigi (米国今不審議), essentially a guidebook for prospective immigrants. A scan is available via the National Diet Library of Japan here: https://t.co/tqeDF0p5FA 3/
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
In Japan, from ancient times, collecting beautiful shells and decorating them with poems has been an elegant pastime. This is a beautiful work featuring shells with art and poems by Kitagawa Utamaro. #ndldigital
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Heitengi (a kind of astrolabe) is a quick-reference chart for the paths of the sun, moon, and stars. The author Iwahashi Yoshitaka was a telescope manufacturer in the Edo period. #astronomy https://t.co/S7wrzpsFnR https://t.co/sHUPw3oOlE
Hillenbrand, Robert 2015: A Shi'i building boom in 14th-century Qum: the case of the Bagh-i Sabz towers
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イルハン朝時代のゴムの3つのシーア派聖者廟建築について，モンゴル時代とシーア派聖都ゴムについて考えるために。
What kind of an image forms in your mind when you hear the phrase "Japanese Garden"? Read this article. #ndldigital
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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 these amusing illustrations! Shinsha shohin zue is a collection of rough sketches by #Hiroshige in the late Edo period. #ndldigital
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Hillenbrand, Robert 2015: A Shi'i building boom in 14th-century Qum: the case of the Bagh-i Sabz towers
https://t.co/nQpF5t8kZT
https://t.co/MLmN7kjb0b
イルハン朝時代のゴムの3つのシーア派聖者廟建築について，モンゴル時代とシーア派聖都ゴムについて考えるために。