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Japanese Visual Resources: Pictorial compilations
Print and electronic resources for Japanese images
Call Number: East Asian Collection Periodicals D668G
Publication Date: Tokyo: Yumani Shobo, 1989, 1990
Reprint of monthly magazine originally published by Dōmei Tsushinsha. In 1944, Dōmei gurafu's title was changed to Dai Tōa hō [大東亞報]. Dai Tōa hō is volume 8 of reprint available at Duke.
Mostly B/W photos, pictures. Color images of each issue's cover in the beginning of each volume.
In foreword to reprint, editors note that Japan has come to mean two things to the world -- "Economic Superpower" and the "Protector of World Peace;" they hope with this reprint to underscore tumult in Japan's history, particularly the war era.
Editors' essays give historical background on the publication history of Dōmei gurafu.
Look for cartoons, advertisements, including eye doctors, movies, government bonds for war effort, etc.
Not indexed.
Years: Japanese era years.
Call Number: Located in Lilly Library in locked periodicals; contact a Lilly librarian to view them.
Publication Date: Tokyo : Heibonsha, 1989. Originally published bimonthly by Tohosya.
Propaganda periodical from World War II.
Variant title is “Front illustrated magazine;” this reprint of selected issues is housed 3 boxed groups.
Indexed and edited by Seiichi Tagawa.
Boxes 1 and 3 include issues on the Japanese Navy, Manchukuo , Japanese Army and Navy Air Units, Japanese occupation of China , Manchuria , the Philippines , and special numbers on India and wartime Tokyo.
Years: Western calendar years.
Call Number: East Asian Collection DS815.G346 2005
Publication Date: Tokyo: Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2005
Journal chronicling the visual history of the ancient period; focus is on Japan, but also has images from Korea, China, Europe, Greece, the Middle East, Latin America.
Useful resource for images and historiographical insight into how the "ancient " was viewed at time of publication and on the contrast and comparison with ancient periods of other countries and regions.
Reprint of Gahō sennenshi, a magazine published by Kokusai Bunka Jōhōsha, from 1955-1960.
This 4-volume Gahō kodaishi includes only parts 1 through 9 and 19-20 of Gahō sennenshi
Contents:
Vol. 1. birth of man to 500 C.E.
Vol. 2. 300-750 C.E.
Vol. 3. 750-930 C.E.
Vol. 4. 930-1150
Includes postscript and an index in volume 4.
Each issue includes chronology at end of each issue, Table of Contents, fold-out images in color.
Years: Japanese era years
Journal chronicling the visual history of the middle ages; focus is on Japan, but also has images from Korea, China, Europe.
Useful resource for images and historiographical insight into how the "medieval " was viewed at time of publication and on the contrast and comparison with medieval ages of other countries and regions.
Reprint of Gahō sennenshi, a magazine published by Kokusai Bunka Jōhōsha, from 1955-1960.
This 3- volume Gahō chūseishi includes only parts 10 through 18 of Gahō sennenshi
Contents:
Includes postscript and an index in volume 3.
Each issue includes chronology at end of each issue, Table of Contents, fold-out images in color.
Years: Japanese era years
Call Number: East Asian Collection DS871 .G29 2002
Publication Date: Tokyo: Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2002
This is a 5-volume reprint of a monthly magazine on the history of Japan from 1550-1850; magazine was originally published in 1950s.
Covers from the Warring States period through the Tokugawa era, up to the black ships of Commodore Perry.
Aim is to situate Japanese history in currents of world history.
Includes an editors' postscript, assessing the original publication. The editors note in foreword that for Europe and America, the same time period is known for religious and industrial revolutions, with successive people's revolutions in England, France, and America, leading up to the emergence of the modern nation state: "With that global perspective on history as our starting point," they continue, "this collection seeks to illustrate the 300 years of Japan's early modern history, with the emergence of the common people."
Contents
Includes some modern (1950s) photos of historical sites, such as gardens, castles, homes, and theatrical representations from kabuki/noh.
Each volume has chronology.
Last volume includes a comprehensive index (soumokuji) of all the Tables of Contents.
No subject indexing; no furigana. Good for skimming.
Years: Japanese era years, althoughl Western calendar years are indicated on issue covers.
Call Number: East Asian Collection DS889 .G34 2000
Publication Date: Tokyo: Nihon Tosho Sentā, 2000
Five-volume, illustrated reprint of monthly magazine on the history of modern (post WWII) Japan originally published in 1950s.
The cover of the first issue, published in 1954, features a painting of what is now known as the Peace Dome in Hiroshima. The first photograph within the first issue is of the atomic cloud over Nagasaki; over the image is written: "1945: The Opening of the Atomic Age... For the world and for Japan, 'the modern age' began in 1945."
Contents (refers to the years chronicled in each volume, not the dates of original publication):
Mostly B/W, some color; includes cartoons.
Includes materials not only from Japanese sources, but from other languages such as Russian.
Includes subject index, cross-referencing all volumes.
Useful not only for Japanese readers, but also for non-Japanese readers interested in images of the period.
Years: Western calendar years.
