Map of colonized Africa and Asia, early 20th century
Arrival of US navy ships, 1853

Boshin War, 1868

Emperor Meiji traveling from Kyoto to Tokyo, 1868

Emperor Meiji presenting constitution to heads of state, 1889

Emperor Meiji, r. 1868-1912

Emperor Taisho, r. 1912-26

Emperor Showa, r. 1926-89

Enlightened Japanese women in Western dress, c. 1885

Military training, c. 1875

Early textile factory, c. 1875

Japan's first train line, c. 1875

Downtown Tokyo, c. 1930

Consumer lifestyle in the modern family

Advertisement for popular magazine

Family time with popular magazine

Street-corner newspaper stand, c. 1933

Working ladies, c. 1930

Tanaka Kinuyo, Japan's most popular film star of the 1930s

Hayashi Fumiko, popular writer

Advertisement targeting female consumer

Modern girl

New women in pursuit of voting rights

School girl, c. 1920

Cafe waitresses, c. 1930

Izumi Shikibu, writer of poetic diary, 10th century

Sei Shônagon, writer of miscellaneous essays, 10th century

Avant-garde magazine, 1933
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