Imaging a Nation: Japanese Visual Culture 1868-1945

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Focusing on various visual representations of Japanese national identity at home and abroad during the empire; contending interpretations of 'Japaneseness' and changing discourses on Japanese aesthetics in relation to broader historical developments; examining cultural production, exhibition practices, patronage, nationalism, neo-traditionalism, Pan-Asianism, and the role of visual culture under imperialism.