An illustrated map drawn in 1875 which features boundary markers for Japan’s newly-created Prefectures, which replaced the samurai domains of the Edo Period. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the Ginza District of Tokyo in 1880. It would gradually transform into the bustling marketplace that exists there today. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Tsurumai Park in 1910. Note the contrast of the European-style buildings in the midground and the traditional castle in the center background. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Kanno Suga, a feminist socialist author who was accused and later convicted of being party to the High Treason Plot. She was executed by hanging in early 1911. Source: Public Domain
An illustrated map which details the many popular uprisings which occurred during the Xinhai Revolution in China in 1911. This war would end with the abdication of China’s last emperor and the founding of a new democratic republic. Source: Public Domain
