Clothing Shop

Second-hand Clothing Shop Hand Colored Albumen Photo Image Size: 8 x 10 in Photographer: Unknown

The Japanese National Flag

Kikuji Kawada The Japanese National Flag, Shinjuku, Tokyo - from The Map Series 1959-65 532 x 412 mm Gelatin Silver Print 1989

Japanese calendar

Keisuke Serizawa produced kataezome calendar folios starting with calendar year 1946.

Disaster Maps of Japan

You can feel it bleeding. Drawings of Air-raid damaged sites of major cities in Japan was prepared in December, 1945, by Records Department of First Demobilization Ministry to notify outline of Air-raid damage to repatriates. The foreword of the document mentions the importance of this survey and necessity of making quick adjustment after finding that the first question asked by repatriating military personnel and civilian employees of the military landing on Japanese shores was generally about Air-raid damage.

Picture of the Battle

a detail from Nagashino kassen no zu [military history]. from the absulutly AMAZING Kano collection of military history .

Detail of Shimabaranojin zu [military history]

The Kano Collection is the collection of Kano Kokichi (1865-1942), who is known as a Meiji era philosopher and educator. It is a source known to the world as "an encyclopedia of classic, a treasure house of Edo era studies"; the collection's items amount to no less than 108,000 across all fields, such as philosophy, art, history, literature, military science, and so on. The Kano Collection - Image database contains about 450 antique maps and about 280 illustrated books and picture scrolls (about 13,700 images in all) among microfilmed books in Japanese binding, allowing the images to be accessed via the Internet.

From the Edo period, This detailed pictures of the battle where the Edo shogunate destroys the Toyotomi family at Osaka Castle. The Battle of Osaka refers to both the winter battle in 1614 and the summer battle in 1615.

and a detail from Sekigahara Kassen Zu (The Picture of the Battle of Sekigahara):

The picture depicts the battle at Sekigahara in 1600 which would determine who should lead the Toyotomi warrior regime.

Detail from Bishuu kanie kassen no zu [military history]

Detail from Bishuu nagakute kassenzu [military history]

from Shinshuu ueda kassenzu [military history]

Hiroshima Dome panoramas

World War 2 Panorama - Landmarks of WWII in Fullscreen 360 QTVR panorama site.

This project was born In 2004, around the 11 November and the 1st World War.

It's intention is to initiate a contemporary look on the heritage that ww2.

3 panoramas of Hiroshima Dome by yoshito takagi

The Genbaku Dome (the Atomic Bomb Dome), a symbol of Hiroshima, was originally built in 1915 as the Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition (HMI). It was designed by a Czech architect Jan Letzel, having the five-storied stairs-tower at the center of the three-storied building, with distinctive dome roof.

The nuclear explosion (on 08:15 August 6th, 1945) completely burned out the Hiroshima Prefectural Products Exhibition Hall. Although the hypocenter was only 150 meters/ 490 feet away, it could keep the center tower standing, as the explosion was directly above the building. The blast came from the top and many windows helped it standing. via neatorama

Japanese Maps

UBC Library's Rare Books and Special Collections holds one of the world's largest collections of maps and guidebooks of the Japanese Tokugawa (or Edo) period, ca. 1600-1867. Most of the items in the collection are rare, and some are unique and all very beautiful.

map of Mt. Fuji 1848

Detail map of port Yokohama

(From Atlas of geographical research of mountain and river in eastern and western Ezo) 1860

Roku-rin o motte itcho to nasu [Map of Edo] 1859

Plan of Nagasaki, Hizen province 1860

Detailed selfguide to Nagasaki 1831 {detail}

Itinerary Map of the Pilgrimage of the Thirty-three Temples in the Western provinces 1759

Panoramic view of the noted places of Japan

engraved map edited by Hashimoto Chogetsu of Kyoto divided into districts

Revised wall picture of the CHIRI SHOHO : Primary Geography to learn by heart

Map of the port of Kobe, permitted by Hyogo prefecture 1868

Map of Ezo

map of Ming Dynasty China and all the surrounding countries

Pilgrim's map of Kanto district. [18--]

This is a detail from Topographical Map of Edo. Printed by Kichiei Hayashi of Kyoto in 1689.

Edo oezu / A Topographical Map of Edo

Picture of Mining of Gold and Silver in Sado Mine {edo}

Picture of Toyama Estate