This guide will assist you in developing your research topic and subsequent paper for HIST 1433 Modern Japan. It will also provide  links to resources and databases to help with your research.

Hunting the giant octopus of Namekawa in Ecchu province from the series Dai Nippon Bussan Zue.

Source: Picturing Westernization and Modernization: A Woodblock Print Collection from Late 19th Century Japan, Izumi Koide, June 16, 2006, a paper delivered at the WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS: 72ND IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE AND COUNCIL 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea http://archive.ifla.org/IV/ifla72/papers/085-Koide-en.pdf