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• TLF-IDM013845

This is a web page that provides information about kabuki theatre in Japan and is part of the National Gallery of Victoria’s ‘Pictures of the Floating World’ website. The information outlines the history of kabuki theatre, from its emergence in the early 17th century through to its popularity today. The information also ...

• TLF-IDM006710

This is a second collection of online materials focusing on the 100 woodblock prints produced between 1928 and 1940 by artist Koizumi Kishio that explore the rebirth of Tokyo in the years following the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. (See also 'Tokyo modern I'.) This collection comprises: 109 prints, including nine revised ...

• TLF-IDM007084

This is a historical essay by Professor John Dower about how Japanese woodblock printmakers presented the war between Japan and China to the Japanese public. The highly readable and richly illustrated essay contains five chapters, more than 100 woodblock prints, a map showing the campaigns and several woodcut engravings. ...

• TLF-IDM007081

This is a historical essay by Professor John Dower about how Japanese woodblock printmakers presented the war between Japan and Russia in 1904-05 to the Japanese public. The highly readable and richly illustrated essay contains five chapters, more than 30 prints and two maps. The chapters can be printed and the images enlarged ...

• TLF-IDM006705

This is a collection of online materials showing how picture postcards of the time presented the Russo-Japanese War and the Japanese combatants to the European public. The materials consist of: an illustrated essay by Professor John Dower; seven sets of postcards; a database of information about all 1905 postcards contained ...

• TLF-IDM007094

This is a collection of online materials that centre on a richly illustrated essay about an album of photographs showing various locations in Japan in the late 1860s or early 1870s. The album was compiled by photographer Felice Beato. Linked to various sections of the essay are: a companion set of materials on the people ...

• TLF-IDM007088

This is a collection of eight sets of picture postcards, all outstanding examples of the postcards that Japanese photographers, artists, illustrators and propagandists produced in huge numbers during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05. The first set, entitled 'The battle of the Japan Sea', fits together to form a panorama, ...

• TLF-IDM006703

This is a collection of online materials about the Russo-Japanese War and how it was depicted in woodblock prints within Japan and in photographs on both sides. The materials consist of: an illustrated essay by Professor John Dower; two sets of photographs and prints accompanied by text; a database of information about ...

• TLF-IDM007079

This is a historical essay by Professor John Dower about how the producers of picture postcards presented the Russo-Japanese War and its Japanese combatants to the purchasing public in Europe. The highly informative and richly illustrated essay contains four chapters and more than 140 postcards, some of which depict scenes ...

• TLF-IDM007098

This is a highly readable and informative historical essay about Japan's internal modernisation and Westernisation by John Dower, Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It contains four chapters and is richly illustrated with 21 Japanese woodblock prints and one Italian lithograph. The chapters ...