Japan awakens: woodblock prints of the Meiji Period (1868-1912)

Contents

Political restoration, cultural transformation : The Imperial line ; Restoration of Imperial rule ; The last samurai ; Appearance ; Education ; Industry ; Transportation & communication ; Architecture ; First constitution ; Religion ; Japan's early modern wars ; Death of Emperor Meiji -- Japan's artists look west : Woodblock prints ; Prints of the Emperor & Empress ; Glorifying war ; Prints used to illustrate newspapers, magazines & novels ; Eminent woodblock print artists of the Meiji period ; Meiji lithographs ; Epilogue -- The prints : Yokohama ; Emperor & Empress ; Appearance ; Transportation & architecture ; War ; Newspaper inserts ; Lithographs.