Outside 1900s
The Burden of Youth (1)
From the late 1800s countless young Japanese girls worked as indentured nursemaids. PART 1: Children in bondage.
Outside 1900s
Yokohama 1923
A Story of Survival
A devastated landscape, almost everything burned to the ground. This is Yokohama after the Great Kantō Earthquake of September 1, 1923, this year exactly one century ago. How could anybody have survived?
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Empire of Color (4)
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 4: Why Japan became the empire of hand colored photography.
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Empire of Color (3)
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 3: How colorists worked.
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Empire of Color (2)
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 2: Color as a competitive tool.
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Empire of Color (1)
How 19th century Japanese artists mastered the art of hand colored photography. PART 1: How photography reached Japan.