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２０世紀初頭に英米で刊行されたヴィジュアル版日本百科。ほぼ全ページに1～３点の写真を配し、新世紀を迎え近代化の進む日本の歴史、文化、教育、宗教、武道、医療、法律、政治、軍事、外交、金融、産業、貿易、鉱工業、農林漁業、出版、鉄道、労働、主要都市（東京、横浜、名古屋、京都、大阪、神戸、下関、長崎など）、そしてアイヌや満州、台湾、樺太など、この時代の日本を語る主要項目を網羅。特に日本への進出をはかる欧米実業家向けに、産業・金融や日本および外資系企業に関する項目は充実。関東大震災や第２次大戦で失われてしまった、銀行や企業の社屋、街並みなどの貴重な写真に加え、政界、実業界で活躍した人物肖像写真が満載。
続編に『図説百科 極東アジアの近代』Present-Day Impressions of the Far East and Prominent & Progressive Chinese at Home and Abroadも刊行。ISBN978-4-86166-153-2
Full Description
This is a facsimile reprint of the 1919 edition published by Globe Encyclopedia in London and Chicago in two volumes with over 1,500 photographs. It is a major visual work of reference which explains Japanese modernization.
The entries include all modernized cities (Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Shimoseki, Nagasaki, etc.) and Japanese colonies in Manchuria, Taiwan, and Karafuto.
The wide-ranging thematic articles cover subjects including history, culture, education, religions, ethnicity (ainu), budo, medicine, law, politics, military, diplomacy, economics, finance, industry, mining, agriculture, forestry, publishing, transport, and labour.
The set also includes rare and important photographs (to be found only in this publication) of early twentieth-century streets and buildings before the Kanto earthquake of 1923 destroyed the Tokyo and Yokohama region.
Business data and various statistics are provided by the governor and the chamber of commerce of each city, and the texts are contributed by distinguished scholars like Shibasaburo Kitasato, Yosaburo Takekoshi, Shosuke Sato, I. Bryan, W. B. Mason, an J. Batchelor.
An indispensable tool for any academic and educational institutions with collections on the history of Japan and East Asia.
