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HIST 236, Modern Japan: Samurai, Pearl Harbour, and Anime

Introduction

Territory acknowledgment : Long before Canada was formed, the Stó:lō (people of the river) occupied the land on which UFV is located. They lived in the Fraser Valley and lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia and they spoke Halq'eméylem, also known as the upriver dialect.

This guide has been developed as an introduction to resources for the study of Japanese history from the early 19th century to recent decades.  It is not a comprehensive listing of sources, but rather a starting point from which you can begin your research according to your information needs.

Japanese woodcut print showing three women and a man having a small tea party beneath blossoming cherry trees. Above the image is a haiku poem describing both arboreal and human "blossoms" in kanji.

Yayoi asukayama hanami. [Translated title: Third Lunar Month, Blossom Viewing at Asuka Hill]. Woodcut print by Kitao Shigemasa, [between 1772 and 1776]. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/resource/jpd.02258/

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