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Out of the multiple design proposals for Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, it was Kenzō Tange's design that is chosen in the end. Tange's architecture plans is a mixture of modernist design and Japanese tradition. For example, the cenotaph in front of…

Nakamura's comment on the Girard Incident, a shooting of a middle-aged mother in a firing range by an off-duty U.S. guard.

The artist painted his own wife and daughter in this painting. It conveys the ideological theme of "good wife, wise mother (良妻賢母, Ryōsai Kenbo), which was propagated across Japan and its colonies from the 19th to 20th century.

A painting of the famous Forbidden City in Beijing, China. Umehara Ryuzaburō is intrigued by Chinese culture and history during his time living in Beijing. He even rented an apartment right next to the Forbidden City so he can get a good view.

A painting that depicts the bloody battle between Japanese and American troops during the Guadalcanal campaign. Fujita captures the chaotic and terrifying atmosphere of the battle with the distorted bodies being nearly indistinguishable from the…

Part of the "祖国への旅" series (Journey to Native Country), which depicts the journey of Japanese returning to their country after World War 2

Here, citizen returning to Japan from overseas were quarantined and sprayed with harmful DDT before they can…