Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Japan: a.d. 500 1000
Interactive timeline allows visitors to view representative works of Japanese art in a segmented chronology that extends from AD 500 to 1000. Includes examples from different periods in Japanese history and from all geographical regions....
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National Diet Library, Japan: Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures
Portrait photographs of nearly two hundred Japanese statesmen, government officials, military officers, businesspeople, artists, and others who had an impact on the history of modern Japanese society. Each portrait is accompanied by a...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Japan
Illustrated overviews of the art of Japan by time period.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: A History of the Kimono
A history of the Japanese kimono from the primitive Jomon period to today. Includes specifics on kimono for men, women, and children.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Michelle Obama Visits First Lady of Japan, Akie Abe
In an event at the Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, First Lady Michelle Obama met with Akie Abe, the First Lady of Japan, to launch the international Let Girls Learn initiative.
New York Times
New York Times: The Fortune Cookie: A History
Evidence points to fortune cookies originating in Japan, not China as most people assume. Here is a brief video presentation discussing the roots of the fortune cookies and how they became linked to Chinese culture. [1:21]
United Nations
Unesco: Interactive Map of the Cities Along the Silk Roads
A map showing the locations of cities that participated in trade along the Silk Roads, stretching from Italy to Japan. Each red dot is provides information about the location and links to a UNESCO page with more in-depth information...
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Miho Museum: Landscape
See the collection of ancient and classical art from both eastern and western traditions, housed in the Miho Museum Museum of Japan, which was designed by I.M. Pei and features an integrated Japanese garden.
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Japan guide.com: Christianity in Japan
Site gives a brief account of the history of Christianity in Japan.
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Guide to Japan: Shinto
This site contains descriptive information about the Japanese religion Shinto and its history.
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Guide to Japan: Shinto
This site contains descriptive information about the Japanese religion Shinto and its history.
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Guide to Japan: Shinto
This site contains descriptive information about the Japanese religion Shinto and its history.
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Map of Japan
The BBC provides a general overview of the country of Japan. Content includes a focus on Japan's recent history, leaders and media. There is also a timeline of key events in Japanese history.
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Unesco: Japan: Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu Ji Area
There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. These masterpieces of wooden...
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Unesco: Japan: Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while...
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Japan
A comprehensive report on the food of Japan. This site contains a detailed description of food history, food for religious and holiday celebrations, mealtime customs as well as many recipes!
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Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Japan
Learn about religion in Japan, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
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Japan guide.com: Samurai
This Japanese guide book site offers general information and history on the samurai, the warrior class of feudal Japan.
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Japan guide.com: Samurai
This Japanese guide book site offers general information and history on the samurai, the warrior class of feudal Japan.
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Lewis and Clark University: Hiroshima Photographs
This is a collection of photographs showing several parts of Hiroshima after the bombing. Each picture shows the damage done and the destruction around each building still standing.
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The History Place World War Ii in Europe
This site from the History Place provides the original speech delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Congress regarding Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
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A Bunraku Performance From Awaji Puppet Theater Tradition of Japan
This site provides links to pages with all kinds of information regarding puppets. You can buy or sell, read current news, or learn about the history of puppets.
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Mount Fuji, Looking Over Yokohama Bay, South of Tokyo
The BBC provides a general overview of the country of Japan. Content includes a focus on Japan's recent history, leaders and media. There is also a timeline of key events in Japanese history.
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History Place: Rape of Nanking
In December 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of carnage would become known as the Rape of...
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