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Japan on Display

Sixty years on from the end of the Paciﬁ c War, Japan on Display examines

representations of the Meiji Emperor, Mutsuhito (1852–1912), and his grandson

the Shôwa Emperor, Hirohito, who was regarded as a symbol of the nation, in both

war and peacetime. Much of this representation was aided by the phenomenon of

photography.

The introduction and development of photography in the nineteenth century

coincided with the need to make Hirohito’s grandfather, the young Meiji Emperor,

more visible. It was important to show the world that Japan was a civilised nation,

worthy of international respect. Photobooks and albums became a popular format

for presenting seemingly objective images of the monarch, reminding the Japanese

of their proximity to the emperor, and the imperial family. In the twentieth century,

these ‘national albums’ provided a visual record of wars fought in the name of

the emperor, while also documenting the reconstruction of Tokyo, scientiﬁ c

expeditions, and imperial tours. Collectively, they create a visual narrative of the

nation, one in which Emperor Hirohito (1901–89) and science and technology

were prominent.

Drawing on archival documents, photographs, and sources in both Japanese

and English, this book throws new light on the history of twentieth-century Japan

and the central role of Hirohito. With Japan’s defeat in the Paciﬁ c War, the emperor

was transformed from wartime leader to peace-loving scientist. Japan on Display

seeks to understand this reinvention of a more ‘human’ emperor and the role that

photography played in the process.

Morris Low is Professor of East Asian Sciences and Technology at Johns Hop-

kins University. His previous publications include Science, Technology and So-

ciety in Contemporary Japan (1999); Science, Technology and R&D in Japan

(2001); Asian Masculinities (2003); Building a Modern Japan (2005); and Sci-

ence and the Building of a New Japan (2005).

Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East

Asia Series

Edited by Tessa Morris-Suzuki and Morris Low

Editorial Board: Professor Geremie Barmé (Australian National University),

Professor Colin Mackerras (Grifﬁ th University), Professor Vera Mackie

(University of Melbourne) and Associate Professor Sonia Ryang (Johns Hopkins

University).

This series represents a showcase for the latest cutting-edge research in the ﬁ eld

of East Asian studies, from both established scholars and rising academics. It

will include studies from every part of the East Asian region (including China,

Japan, North and South Korea and Taiwan) as well as comparative studies dealing

with more than one country. Topics covered may be contemporary or historical,

and relate to any of the humanities or social sciences. The series is an invaluable

source of information and challenging perspectives for advanced students and

researchers alike.

Routledge is pleased to invite proposals for new books in the series. In the ﬁ rst

instance, any interested authors should contact:

Professor Tessa Morris-Suzuki

Division of Paciﬁ c and Asian History

Research School of Paciﬁ c and Asian Studies

Australian National University

Canberra, ACT0200 Australia

Professor Morris Low

Department of the History of Science and Technology

Johns Hopkins University

3505 N. Charles Street

Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asia Series

1 Gender in Japan

Power and public policy

Vera Mackie

2 The Chaebol and Labour in Korea

The development of management strategy in Hyundai

Seung-Ho Kwon and Michael O’Donnell

3 Rethinking Identity in Modern Japan

Nationalism as aesthetics

Yumiko Iida

4 The Manchurian Crisis and Japanese Society, 1931–33

Sandra Wilson

5 Korea’s Development Under Park Chung Hee

Rapid industrialization, 1961–79

Kim Hyung-A

6 Japan and National Anthropology

A critique

Sonia Ryang

7 Homoerotic Sensibilities in Late Imperial China

Wu Cuncun

8 Postmodern, Feminist and Postcolonial Currents in Contemporary

Japanese Culture

A reading of Murakami Haruki, Yoshimoto Banana, Yoshimoto Takaaki and

Karatani Kôjin

Murakami Fuminobu

9 Japan on Display

Photography and the emperor

Morris Low

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