Map of North America and the United States, with a white outline for the United States border. Map of the Empire of Japan, including the Korean peninsula and Taiwan, and its borders in white. View of a lake with Mount Fuji. A train on top of Manseibashi bridge (1-1 Sotokanda, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 101-0021, Japan). Trams, vehicles, and bicycles in downtown Tokyo (likely Ginza or Marunouchi). A white Torii gate inside a Shinto shrine. People visit a Shinto shrine during spring. Japanese performers perform with fans on a Danjiri shrine cart during the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival in Osaka. Smokestacks in an industrial town. A wooden Torii gate. Japanese children flying a kite. A Buddhist monk blows a horn while deer graze in Nara. Spanish conquistadors and Japanese samurais ride horses. 18th century British woodcut showing metal tools and blacksmiths at work. 18th century prints showing European peasants working in a mill and horses in a grinding machine. A Japanese courtier opens and looks at a scroll with illustrations.
Black and white map showing Japan, the Korean peninsula, Manchukuo (Manchuria). Animation traces the borders of Japan. European people ride carriages on rail track. A boat with the United States flag sailing in a bay. A small boat sailing a river with rocky riverside in Japan. Japanese fishermen on the riverside pull the small boat using ropes. A mill wheel in a Japanese village. Farmers with carrying poles and baskets walking on the field. An elderly man wearing a Haori hakama reads a book with a train illustration. A Japanese drawing depicting a locomotive train.
Emperor Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa) and Japanese and Western businessmen wearing straw boat hats pose together with military officers. View of Low Memorial Library at Columbia University in New York City. Japanese men meet an American couple inside the campus of Columbia University. Door reads “Japanese Government Railways Japan Tourist Bureau”. A man opens the door. Another man greets him. A Japanese businessman smokes a pipe and reads a Literary Digest magazine. An American couple meets the Japanese businessman. The businessman shows American man a document during their meeting. Map of Honshu, the central island of Japan, identifying the main produce and industries on the island. Smokestacks of a factory in Japan and view of homes and buildings in a city or town of Japan. Map of Central Japan showing its population below.
Mountains and lakes in Japan. A pair of islands in a lake. Boats sailing on a lake in Japan. Snow-capped mountains in Japan. A lake near a forest. Map depicts the main industries in Japanese-occupied areas- Korea and Manchuria. Map of Asia showing the countries occupied by Western colonial powers. Japanese Navy ships docked in a port. A ship sailing past a port with smokestacks. An actor acting out Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. A Japanese woman puts her infant child on her back.
A Japanese woman follows her husband. Man sits to read a newspaper beside a tokonoma (Japanese alcove). The woman touches the hair of a girl in kimono. The man looks up to his wife. The woman tidies the girl’s kimono while the girl stands. Two Japanese boys in Western clothing read books. The woman sits beside her husband. The two boys stand up. Children bow down to their parents. Japanese woman wiping the wooden floors of the engawa (veranda), create ikebana (floral arrangement), and places ikebana on the alcove. Her daughter joins her in chores. Various kinds of traditional Tsugegushi wooden combs are placed on the table. A hairdresser combs the hair of a Japanese woman. Japanese woman shows her traditional yuiwata hairstyle. The hairdresser places a kangashi comb ornament on top of woman’s hair. A woman puts on a kimono with the help of a girl. Girl puts obi sash on woman. Woman shows off her kimono.
View of Edo/Tokugawa period Ukiyo-e prints made by Harunobu Suzuki, Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” print by Hokusai. An artist carves a small wooden statue. Hand places wooden statuettes on display. Japanese men examine ceramics made by artisans. Dancers perform Odori and Mai dances. A Japanese dancer performs with a doll.
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