A number of buildings in the park also represent the beginnings of Japan’s railway system ... the last of the Meiji period genro. Saionji built this house for his retirement and was actually in the ...

It was part of the nation's first railway, which opened in 1872 during the Meiji era, and ran for 29 ... as the first major project in the nation's period of modernization. The most notable ...

Both paintings evince a propagandistic move of the Meiji government to glorify its soldiers as war heroes, like the samurai who were worshiped during the Edo period. “Wave Crest Supporting the ...

Rosina Buckland discussed the influence of Chinese calligraphy and Western oil painting on Meiji-era artwork, as well as how artists began portraying current events, a practice that had been banned ...

and families in the new nation under construction during the Meiji Period. With this foundation, students engage in the main activity of the lesson, in which they work in small groups to undertake a ...