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Book Announcement: The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan

Posted on July 29, 2012 by LM

http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=20941 The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth-Century Japan Maki Fukuoka Stanford University Press Forthcoming July 2012 ISBN: 9780804777902 The Premise of Fidelity puts forward a new history of Japanese visuality through an examination of … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: “Miyajima: The Wonders of Japan’s Island Shrine (360˚ Panorama)”

Posted on May 18, 2012 by LM

If you enjoyed our fun link “World Heritage Site Shirakawa-gō (360°/Gigapixel),” then you’ll love today’s fun link: “Miyajima: The Wonders of Japan’s Island Shrine (360˚ Panorama)” on Nippon.com. Photographer Somese Naoto presents three views of Miyajima, an island off the … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: World Heritage Site Shirakawa-gō (360°/Gigapixel)

Posted on May 4, 2012 by LM

The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Shirakawa-gô lies at the base of Hakusan in Gifu prefecture, and it is, in my opinion, the most stunning piece of the Hokuriku winter landscape.  The village, once quite isolated from the rest of … Continue reading →

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Study at Doshisha University: UNO-Japan, Summer 2012

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Paula

Spend 5 weeks in the heart of Kyoto this summer and earn 6 college credits! The UNO-Japan: Study at Doshisha University Program is a 5-week summer program designed primarily for college students to learn Art, Photography, Film, and Japanese Language … Continue reading →

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Resource: National Archives of Japan

Posted on December 21, 2011 by tnguyen3729

Interested in archives or history? Check out the digital collection available through the National Archives of Japan! About The National Archives of Japan (NAJ) Digital Archive provides access to digitized images of preserved historical records. Users can search for the descriptions … Continue reading →

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Symposium: Imperial Exposure: Early Photography and Royal Portraits Across Asia

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Paula

Imperial Exposure Symposium Location: Freer and Sackler Galleries, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States Symposium Date: December, 5-6, 2011 I would like to announce the symposium, Imperial Exposure: Early Photography and Royal Portraits Across Asia, at the Freer and … Continue reading →

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Yomiuri Photo Grand Prix for High School Students (2011)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by Laura

If you teach Japanese at the high school level or are a high school student learning Japanese, you may be interested in the Yomiuri Photo Grand Prix. The Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun runs this yearly photo and essay contest and … Continue reading →

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Fun Link Friday: Time-lapses of Tokyo

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Paula

Despite our mini heat waves and sudden thunderstorms, June weather is pretty nice around here. Sometimes you just want to sit around and watch the world go by. But wouldn’t that occasionally be nicer in fast-motion? And if you were … Continue reading →

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Website announcement: Japan Air Raids Archive

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Paula

People with an interest in military history and WWII will be pleased to find this wonderful new bilingual digital archive on Japan air raids. It has only recently opened, but it looks like it will continue to become a fantastic … Continue reading →

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Images of Okinawa after WWII

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Paula

Here’s a very cool new digital resource for people interested in the history of Okinawa or history after WWII. The University of Hawaii at Manoa has compiled a database of images that can be accessed by anyone and searched by … Continue reading →

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