Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2013 Visualizing Cultures
Rise & Fall of the Canton Trade System
by Peter C. Perdue
l: China in the World (1700–1860s)
ll: Macau & Whampoa Anchorage (1700–1860s)
lll: Canton & Hong Kong (1700–1860s)
lV: Image Galleries
The Garden of Perfect Brightness
by Lilian M. Li
l: The Yuanmingyuan as Imperial Paradise (1700–1860)
ll: European Palaces & Pavillions of the Yuanmingyuan
lll: Destruction, Looting, and Memory (1860–Present)
The First Opium War
The Anglo-Chinese War of 1839–1842
by Peter C. Perdue
The Opium War in Japanese Eyes
An Illustrated 1849 “Story from Overseas”
by John W. Dower
The Second Opium War
The Anglo-Chinese War of 1856–1860
by Peter C. Perdue
Black Ships & Samurai
by John W. Dower
l: Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan (1853–1854)
ll: Visual Narratives
Yokohama Boomtown
Foreigners in Treaty-Port Japan (1859–1872)
by John W. Dower
Felice Beato’s Japan
by Allen Hockley
Places: An Album by the Pioneer Foreign Photographer in Yokohama
People: An Album by the Pioneer Foreign Photographer in Yokohama
Globetrotters’ Japan
by Allen Hockley
Places: Foreigners on the Tourist Circuit in Meiji Japan
People: Foreigners on the Tourist Circuit in Meiji Japan
John Thomson's China
by Allen Hockley
l: Illustrations of China and Its People, Photo Albums (1873–1874)
ll: Visual Narratives
lll: Albums & Galleries
“Pictures to Draw Tears from Iron”
The North China Famine of 1876–1879
by Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley
Throwing Off Asia
by John W. Dower
l: Woodblock Prints of Domestic “Westernization” (1868–1912)
ll: Woodblock Prints of the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)
lll: Woodblock Prints of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
Photography & Power in the Colonial Philippines
by Christopher Capozzola
l: Imaging the U.S. Conquest & Occupation (1898–1906)
ll: Dean Worcester’s Ethnographic Images of Filipinos (1898–1912)
Asia Rising
Japanese Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
by John W. Dower
Yellow Promise/Yellow Peril
Foreign Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
by John W. Dower
The Empress Dowager and the Camera
Photographing Cixi, 1903–1904
by David Hogge
Social Protest in Imperial Japan
The Hibiya Riot of 1905
by Andrew Gordon
Selling Shiseido
by Gennifer Weisenfeld
l: Cosmetics Advertising & Design in Early 20th-Century Japan
ll: Visual Narratives
lll: Image Galleries
Political Protest in Interwar Japan l
Political Protest in Interwar Japan ll
Posters & Handbills from the Ohara Collection (1920s–1930s)
by Christopher Gerteis
China's Modern Sketch
by John A. Crespi
l: The Golden Age of Cartoon Art, 1934–1937
ll: Nine Thematic Visual Narratives
lll: Image Galleries
Ground Zero 1945
Pictures by Atomic Bomb Survivors
Essay by John W. Dower
Ground Zero 1945: A Schoolboy’s Story
Testimony of Akihiro Takahashi
Illustrations by Goro Shikoku
Protest Art in 1950s Japan
The Forgotten Reportage Painters
by Linda Hoaglund
Tokyo 1960: Days of Rage & Grief
Hamaya Hiroshi's Photos of the Anti-Security Treaty Protests
by Justin Jesty
by Peter C. Perdue
l: China in the World (1700–1860s)
ll: Macau & Whampoa Anchorage (1700–1860s)
lll: Canton & Hong Kong (1700–1860s)
lV: Image Galleries
The Garden of Perfect Brightness
by Lilian M. Li
l: The Yuanmingyuan as Imperial Paradise (1700–1860)
ll: European Palaces & Pavillions of the Yuanmingyuan
lll: Destruction, Looting, and Memory (1860–Present)
The First Opium War
The Anglo-Chinese War of 1839–1842
by Peter C. Perdue
The Opium War in Japanese Eyes
An Illustrated 1849 “Story from Overseas”
by John W. Dower
The Second Opium War
The Anglo-Chinese War of 1856–1860
by Peter C. Perdue
Black Ships & Samurai
by John W. Dower
l: Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan (1853–1854)
ll: Visual Narratives
Yokohama Boomtown
Foreigners in Treaty-Port Japan (1859–1872)
by John W. Dower
Felice Beato’s Japan
by Allen Hockley
Places: An Album by the Pioneer Foreign Photographer in Yokohama
People: An Album by the Pioneer Foreign Photographer in Yokohama
Globetrotters’ Japan
by Allen Hockley
Places: Foreigners on the Tourist Circuit in Meiji Japan
People: Foreigners on the Tourist Circuit in Meiji Japan
John Thomson's China
by Allen Hockley
l: Illustrations of China and Its People, Photo Albums (1873–1874)
ll: Visual Narratives
lll: Albums & Galleries
“Pictures to Draw Tears from Iron”
The North China Famine of 1876–1879
by Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley
Throwing Off Asia
by John W. Dower
l: Woodblock Prints of Domestic “Westernization” (1868–1912)
ll: Woodblock Prints of the Sino-Japanese War (1894–95)
lll: Woodblock Prints of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
Photography & Power in the Colonial Philippines
by Christopher Capozzola
l: Imaging the U.S. Conquest & Occupation (1898–1906)
ll: Dean Worcester’s Ethnographic Images of Filipinos (1898–1912)
Asia Rising
Japanese Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
by John W. Dower
Yellow Promise/Yellow Peril
Foreign Postcards of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)
by John W. Dower
The Empress Dowager and the Camera
Photographing Cixi, 1903–1904
by David Hogge
Social Protest in Imperial Japan
The Hibiya Riot of 1905
by Andrew Gordon
Selling Shiseido
by Gennifer Weisenfeld
l: Cosmetics Advertising & Design in Early 20th-Century Japan
ll: Visual Narratives
lll: Image Galleries
Political Protest in Interwar Japan l
Political Protest in Interwar Japan ll
Posters & Handbills from the Ohara Collection (1920s–1930s)
by Christopher Gerteis
China's Modern Sketch
by John A. Crespi
l: The Golden Age of Cartoon Art, 1934–1937
ll: Nine Thematic Visual Narratives
lll: Image Galleries
Ground Zero 1945
Pictures by Atomic Bomb Survivors
Essay by John W. Dower
Ground Zero 1945: A Schoolboy’s Story
Testimony of Akihiro Takahashi
Illustrations by Goro Shikoku
Protest Art in 1950s Japan
The Forgotten Reportage Painters
by Linda Hoaglund
Tokyo 1960: Days of Rage & Grief
Hamaya Hiroshi's Photos of the Anti-Security Treaty Protests
by Justin Jesty
