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The Confusion Era - http://educate.si.edu/migrations/sackler/salthome.html
Describes postwar American involvement in remodeling Japanese society, along with pictures of several posters used for information and propaganda. |
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Japan Center for Asian Historical Records - http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html
Provides electronic access to digital images of historical records about modern Japan-Asia relations held by Japanese national institutions. Includes records held by the National Archives of Japan, the Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Institute for Defense Studies of the National Defense Agency. Time period: early Meiji (1867-1912) era through World War II. In English and Japanese. |
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The Currency Museum - http://www.imes.boj.or.jp/cm/english_htmls/index.htm
Bank of Japan virtual museum exhibit of old currency in Japan, as well as money used during Japan's colonial empire. |
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MIT Visualizing Cultures -- Japan - http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027j/menu/index.html
Visual culture (art, photography, video, etc) of Japan since the mid-19th century. The aim of the collection, created by Pulitzer-Prize winner John Dower, is to gain new perspectives on "cultures" in the broadest sense. "Cultures" include Westernization, modernization, changing modes of technology and mass communication, imperialism, nationalism, militarism, racism, commercialization and consumerism. Begins with the black ships of Commodore Perry and ends with pictures by A-bomb survivors. |
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Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889) - http://history.hanover.edu/texts/1889con.htm
Full text in English of Japan's former constitution, from Hanover University. |
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Japanese History - http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e641.html
History of Japan. Overview, and ancient to modern Japan |
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Japanese Historical Text Initiative - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/JHTI/
Digitized, searchable database of important Japanese historical documents, with English translations. Includes ancient chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, medieval stories such as Okagami, and documents of the modern Japanese state such as Kokutai no Hongi (Principles of Nation-body). |
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Imperial Japanese Navy Page - http://www.combinedfleet.com/
Contains pictures of former vessels in the wartime navy, as well as information on their guns, torpedoes, sensors, names, and officers. |
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History of Japanese Railways - http://www.rtri.or.jp/japanrail/History1_E.html
Chronological listing of railroads from 1872 to 1907 (the first line, redcap, women employed, and horsedrawn). A few illustrations, including a print of an 1870s train. |
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The Imperial Family of Japan - http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/3953/
Provides biographical information, pictures, genealogical tables, and legal documents on the current status of the imperial family. |