2011/11/08
2011/11/03
(colonial days) pre 1945 Korea photos at Library of Congress
View this rich collection of pre-1945 Korea photos now available at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs room. The images seem to come from a Japanese photographer, judging by the hand writing on the back of the images. While the collection has been recently catalogued at http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2010645655 the images have not been fully processed for routine viewing or online reference. So to seem them in person you must follow the special procedure there.
Those able to read the handwritten Japanese notes that appear on the back of many photos are particularly encouraged to give the meanings or reflect on the wider significance depicted.
There are three ways to engage these reference copy images:
A. Cursor rapidly through the 250 images (some duplicates; observe only; no Japanese) in this large file, http://bit.ly/loc-colonialkr-pdf [about 14mb, hosted on google docs]
B. View paired pages: obverse shows 4-6 pictures, reverse shows the Japanese writing penciled on
http://pre1945korea.blogspot.com (blog platform allows viewers to write identifying information)
Each entry gives the option to download the 2 page PDF set for easy printout, too.
[hosted on blogger.com]
http://pre1945korea.blogspot.com (blog platform allows viewers to write identifying information)
Each entry gives the option to download the 2 page PDF set for easy printout, too.
[hosted on blogger.com]
C. Bundle of all 27 paired (obverse/reverse) PDF sets in one file
http://tinyurl.com/bundle27pre1945kr
[about 14mb, hosted on sites.google.com]
http://tinyurl.com/bundle27pre1945kr
[about 14mb, hosted on sites.google.com]
2011/09/23
resources September 2011
via U.Colorado-Boulder newsletter:
Blogger in Japan. National Geographic's Digital Nomad touched down in Japan. Andrew Evans, the National Geographic Traveler's Contributing Editor and blogger who covers every corner of the world, landed in Japan for his three-week travel through the country. To follow his travel blogs, tweets, and videos, visit http://japantravelinfo.com/andrew/index.html.
"Japan" – includes a Google Earth tour
Blogger in Japan. National Geographic's Digital Nomad touched down in Japan. Andrew Evans, the National Geographic Traveler's Contributing Editor and blogger who covers every corner of the world, landed in Japan for his three-week travel through the country. To follow his travel blogs, tweets, and videos, visit http://japantravelinfo.com/andrew/index.html.
"Japan" – includes a Google Earth tour
2011/08/18
protest culture 2011 (movie set in the year 1963) 'Kokurikozaka kara'
cross-posting from H-JAPAN on August 17, 2011 by Peter Cave @manchester.ac.uk
Subject: The Supposedly Docile Japanese Public and 'Kokurikozaka kara'
As a coda to this interesting discussion on 'the supposedly docile Japanese public', last Saturday I went to see the latest Studio Ghibli film, 'Kokurikozaka kara'. An NHK Special programme about the making of this film a week or two ago described it as a story about first love. It is that, but it's a lot more. It's a fascinating tale about high school students at a private Yokohama high school in 1963, who engage in lively debates and engage in constructive opposition to plans to demolish a historical building where they hold their bungei-bu activities. The film portrays their behaviour in an entirely favourable way. I have no idea whether it bears any resemblance to the reality of high school students in the early 1960s, or whether it's more Miyazaki Hayao's ideal of what they should have been (or a mixture of the two) - this is the time between Anpo and the Gakusei Funso of the late 60s, of course, so perhaps 1963 allows Miyazaki to subtly associate the story with that period and yet not directly link it to its most controversial episodes. For me, the film had a strong resonance with the current protests and debate over nuclear power, the implicit messages being, 'Think for yourself!' 'Don't just accept what the authorities do!' and 'Take action!' ...
Subject: The Supposedly Docile Japanese Public and 'Kokurikozaka kara'
As a coda to this interesting discussion on 'the supposedly docile Japanese public', last Saturday I went to see the latest Studio Ghibli film, 'Kokurikozaka kara'. An NHK Special programme about the making of this film a week or two ago described it as a story about first love. It is that, but it's a lot more. It's a fascinating tale about high school students at a private Yokohama high school in 1963, who engage in lively debates and engage in constructive opposition to plans to demolish a historical building where they hold their bungei-bu activities. The film portrays their behaviour in an entirely favourable way. I have no idea whether it bears any resemblance to the reality of high school students in the early 1960s, or whether it's more Miyazaki Hayao's ideal of what they should have been (or a mixture of the two) - this is the time between Anpo and the Gakusei Funso of the late 60s, of course, so perhaps 1963 allows Miyazaki to subtly associate the story with that period and yet not directly link it to its most controversial episodes. For me, the film had a strong resonance with the current protests and debate over nuclear power, the implicit messages being, 'Think for yourself!' 'Don't just accept what the authorities do!' and 'Take action!' ...
2011/08/15
elementary school photo essay; Earthquake lessons
[via U. Colorado Teaching East Asia newsletter]
The Japan Forum. Yuta and Minami is a new webpage from the Japan Forum. It includes 43 annotated photos of the home life of two Japanese elementary students, Yuta and Minami Tanaka. Through these photos, students can see and learn about contemporary Japanese children's daily lives including meals, school life, and hobbies. For more information, visit www.tjf.or.jp/shogakusei/yutaandminami/index_en.html.
Great East Japan Earthquake Link. Launched by The Japan Forum, this link features teacher resources for Japanese language as well as social studies teachers. In many Japanese classes at elementary, junior high, and senior high schools around the world, students are currently undertaking fundraising and other activities to help victims of the quake and tsunami. In this blog, The Japan Forum shares messages and ideas received from teachers participating in such projects with their students. To view, click http://ameblo.jp/tjf2011/.
The Japan Forum. Yuta and Minami is a new webpage from the Japan Forum. It includes 43 annotated photos of the home life of two Japanese elementary students, Yuta and Minami Tanaka. Through these photos, students can see and learn about contemporary Japanese children's daily lives including meals, school life, and hobbies. For more information, visit www.tjf.or.jp/shogakusei/yutaandminami/index_en.html.
Great East Japan Earthquake Link. Launched by The Japan Forum, this link features teacher resources for Japanese language as well as social studies teachers. In many Japanese classes at elementary, junior high, and senior high schools around the world, students are currently undertaking fundraising and other activities to help victims of the quake and tsunami. In this blog, The Japan Forum shares messages and ideas received from teachers participating in such projects with their students. To view, click http://ameblo.jp/tjf2011/.
food in Japan - Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
http://tachibanacenter.blogspot.com/2011/08/blog-post_14.html
a set of 28 minute-long videos (in English; a bit clunky but easy to understand)
a set of 28 minute-long videos (in English; a bit clunky but easy to understand)
2011/07/26
GIS?, The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive on Google Earth
Even though this subject is a sad one, it can show how the many Internet services and sources can be creatively combined here.
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From: hidenori watanave <hwtnv ATsd.tmu.ac.jp>
The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive on Google Earth
"Hiroshima Archive" that is a digital archive about the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb. http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/
"Hiroshima Archive" is a pluralistic digital archive using the digital
virtual globe "Google Earth" to display on it in a multilayered way
all the materials gained from such sources as the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum, the Hiroshima Jogakuin Gaines Association, and the
Hachioji Hibakusha (A-bomb Survivors) Association. Beyond time and
space, the user can get a panoramic view over Hiroshima to browse
survivors' accounts, photos, maps, and other materials as of 1945,
together with aerial photos, 3D topographical data, and building
models as of 2010. The archive aims to promote multifaceted and
comprehensive understanding of the reality of atomic bombing.
- You can also view a capture movie on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-q00isamvs
- A description in English / Japanese, http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/concept.html
- Interface in English, http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/ge_en.html (About 50 victim's stories are translated）
See also our other archives.
- The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Archive, http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/
- The Japan Earthquake Archive, http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/p/japan-earthquake.html
Best regards, Hidenori Watanave
Supervisor of Photon,Inc. and Associate professor, Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
http://www.photon01.co.jp/ http://labo.wtnv.jp/ http://twitter.com/hwtnv
1-5-4-905 Daiba,Minato-ku,Tokyo,Japan +81-3-5531-2132 (TEL + FAX)
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From: hidenori watanave <hwtnv ATsd.tmu.ac.jp>
The Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Archive on Google Earth
"Hiroshima Archive" that is a digital archive about the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb. http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/
"Hiroshima Archive" is a pluralistic digital archive using the digital
virtual globe "Google Earth" to display on it in a multilayered way
all the materials gained from such sources as the Hiroshima Peace
Memorial Museum, the Hiroshima Jogakuin Gaines Association, and the
Hachioji Hibakusha (A-bomb Survivors) Association. Beyond time and
space, the user can get a panoramic view over Hiroshima to browse
survivors' accounts, photos, maps, and other materials as of 1945,
together with aerial photos, 3D topographical data, and building
models as of 2010. The archive aims to promote multifaceted and
comprehensive understanding of the reality of atomic bombing.
- You can also view a capture movie on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-q00isamvs
- A description in English / Japanese, http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/concept.html
- Interface in English, http://hiroshima.mapping.jp/ge_en.html (About 50 victim's stories are translated）
See also our other archives.
- The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Archive, http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/
- The Japan Earthquake Archive, http://e.nagasaki.mapping.jp/p/japan-earthquake.html
Best regards, Hidenori Watanave
Supervisor of Photon,Inc. and Associate professor, Graduate School of System Design, Tokyo Metropolitan University
http://www.photon01.co.jp/ http://labo.wtnv.jp/ http://twitter.com/hwtnv
1-5-4-905 Daiba,Minato-ku,Tokyo,Japan +81-3-5531-2132 (TEL + FAX)
2011/07/18
video Japan appeal -A message from the residents of Fukushima
H-JAPAN (E) July 17, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zYjYtVrOro&feature=youtu.be Here is a short YouTube appeal for help from a few of the residents about
the safety of their children, with English subtitles. They are not panicking or sentimental, but they are afraid. (Also, see the related videos on the same page.)
Through the summer heat, while some pundits debate the relative severity of the disaster and the politicos are still trying to make a plan, the residents of Fukushima are living with the threat of radiation that they do not understand any better than the rest of us. And like a whole line of other residents, from Mayor Sakurai of Minami-Souma in the weeks after 3.11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a78lgT6qavY), they are frustrated at the lack of governmental support.
the safety of their children, with English subtitles. They are not panicking or sentimental, but they are afraid. (Also, see the related videos on the same page.)
Through the summer heat, while some pundits debate the relative severity of the disaster and the politicos are still trying to make a plan, the residents of Fukushima are living with the threat of radiation that they do not understand any better than the rest of us. And like a whole line of other residents, from Mayor Sakurai of Minami-Souma in the weeks after 3.11 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a78lgT6qavY), they are frustrated at the lack of governmental support.
David H. Slater, Ph.D. Faculty of Liberal Arts Sophia University, Tokyo
2011/06/29
Univ. British Columbia, Canada: Tokugawa Maps digitized
H-JAPAN (E) June 29, 2011
....the entire "Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era" collection has now been digitized. All works are accessible via the database at
http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/tokugawa/
.....the previously digitized flat maps in the collection. Books and atlases have now been added, as well as scrolls such as the following:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/zoomify/G_7962_S24_P5_1860z.htm
A recent article on the collection and the digitization efforts can also be
found in UBC Reports: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/06/02/library-digitizes-rare-japanese-maps/
The Asian Library's Japanese language librarian Shirin Eshghi (shirin.eshghi@ubc.ca) and the Rare Books and Special Collections librarian
Katherine Kalsbeek (katherine.kalsbeek@ubc.ca) welcome comments or queries from those with interest in the collection.
....the entire "Japanese Maps of the Tokugawa Era" collection has now been digitized. All works are accessible via the database at
http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/tokugawa/
.....the previously digitized flat maps in the collection. Books and atlases have now been added, as well as scrolls such as the following:
http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/zoomify/G_7962_S24_P5_1860z.htm
A recent article on the collection and the digitization efforts can also be
found in UBC Reports: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/06/02/library-digitizes-rare-japanese-maps/
The Asian Library's Japanese language librarian Shirin Eshghi (shirin.eshghi@ubc.ca) and the Rare Books and Special Collections librarian
Katherine Kalsbeek (katherine.kalsbeek@ubc.ca) welcome comments or queries from those with interest in the collection.
2011/06/28
about the 3.11 Tohoku Disaster - Teaching Materials
http://teach311.wordpress.com/ (announced by) Yuki Ishimatsu, C. V. Starr East Asian Library, Univ. of California at Berkeley
2011/06/27
East Asia in the Middle School (lesson plans)
Teaching East Asian in the Middle School Web site at http://www.iu.edu/~easc/outreach/educators/teams/index.shtml .
These lesson plans were originally published in 1996-98, but most of them still have relevance today.
These lesson plans were originally published in 1996-98, but most of them still have relevance today.
2011/06/23
old highways of Japan - passing through Shiga prefecture
Thoughtful write-up by Phil at www.photojpn.org
The Tokaido and Nakasendo Roads were the two main roads in Japan during the samurai/Tokugawa period up to 1868. They connected Tokyo (Edo) where the shogun lived and Kyoto where the Emperor lived. Both roads went through Shiga before reaching neighboring Kyoto.
Here's a good map of the coastal Tokaido Road between Tokyo (Edo) and Kyoto. Each lodging town was numbered. Ishibe in Konan was No. 52. So 52 on this map is Ishibe: http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/tokaido_map.GIF Lodging towns No. 50 (Tsuchiyama) to 54 (Otsu) are all in Shiga.
Here's an excellent Web site showing Hiroshige prints of the Tokaido Road: http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_editions/tokaido_editions.htm
You can see that Ishibe in Konan was the 52nd lodging town on the Tokaido Road. And you can see various print editions of each town by Hiroshige. The most well-known edition is called Hoeido. Lodging towns No. 50 (Tsuchiyama) to 54 (Otsu) are all in Shiga.
More info about the Tokaido: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53_Stations_of_the_Tokaido
The other major road that connected Tokyo with Kyoto in the old days was called the Nakasendo Road which went through the interior instead of the Pacific coast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_Stations_of_the_Nakasendo
The Nakasendo (also called Kisokaido) also passed through Shiga on the way to Kyoto. The Tokaido and Nakasendo Roads intersected at Kusatsu and Otsu. There are woodblock prints for all the Nakasendo lodging towns as well.
http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/kisokaido/images/Kisokaido%20map.gif
http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/kisokaido/kisokaido07.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixty-Nine_Stations_of_the_Kiso_Kaido
The Tokaido and Nakasendo Roads were the two main roads in Japan during the samurai/Tokugawa period up to 1868. They connected Tokyo (Edo) where the shogun lived and Kyoto where the Emperor lived. Both roads went through Shiga before reaching neighboring Kyoto.
Here's a good map of the coastal Tokaido Road between Tokyo (Edo) and Kyoto. Each lodging town was numbered. Ishibe in Konan was No. 52. So 52 on this map is Ishibe: http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_hoeido/images/tokaido_map.GIF Lodging towns No. 50 (Tsuchiyama) to 54 (Otsu) are all in Shiga.
Here's an excellent Web site showing Hiroshige prints of the Tokaido Road: http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/tokaido_editions/tokaido_editions.htm
You can see that Ishibe in Konan was the 52nd lodging town on the Tokaido Road. And you can see various print editions of each town by Hiroshige. The most well-known edition is called Hoeido. Lodging towns No. 50 (Tsuchiyama) to 54 (Otsu) are all in Shiga.
More info about the Tokaido: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53_Stations_of_the_Tokaido
The other major road that connected Tokyo with Kyoto in the old days was called the Nakasendo Road which went through the interior instead of the Pacific coast: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69_Stations_of_the_Nakasendo
The Nakasendo (also called Kisokaido) also passed through Shiga on the way to Kyoto. The Tokaido and Nakasendo Roads intersected at Kusatsu and Otsu. There are woodblock prints for all the Nakasendo lodging towns as well.
http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/kisokaido/images/Kisokaido%20map.gif
http://www.hiroshige.org.uk/hiroshige/kisokaido/kisokaido07.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sixty-Nine_Stations_of_the_Kiso_Kaido
2011/06/06
2011/04/05
Disaster Details using panorama 360 photos
http://www.360cities.net/image/damage-in-rikuzen-takada-iwate-pref-17-japan?utm_campaign=clickback&utm_medium=embedded_hotspot#644.67,6.51,70.0
This website 360cities.net has many interesting images, including this one from the daily blog, www.boingboing.net
You can rotate to see all the destruction and follow arrow-links to additional panorama spots inside the image.
This website 360cities.net has many interesting images, including this one from the daily blog, www.boingboing.net
You can rotate to see all the destruction and follow arrow-links to additional panorama spots inside the image.
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