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catalogued as [129-?]; authenticity undeterminedMap of the Far East and adjacent Pacific, known as Map with ShipAttributed to Marco Polo in the catalogue record; attribution unverifiedView source
circa 1410–1412Opening of the Livre des merveilles du mondeParisian illuminators working for John the FearlessView source
1507East Asia on Waldseemüller's world mapMartin WaldseemüllerView source
1516 map; later reproductionEast Asia in the Carta marinaMartin Waldseemüller; reproduction associated with Albert KammererView source
1528Ciampagu in Bordone's IsolarioBenedetto BordoneView source
1528The gold and invasion of CiampaguBenedetto BordoneView source
late 16th–early 17th centuryMatchlock Gun of Horio YoshiharuJapanese maker; associated with Horio YoshiharuView source
1586Newe Zeyttung auss der Insel JaponienMichael Manger, printerView source
1602 edition; map first issued 1595The First Map of Japan in the AtlasEdited by Abraham Ortelius; drawn by Luís TeixeiraView source
1615Portrait of Hasekura TsunenagaRaphaël Sadeler IIView source
first quarter 17th centuryArrival of the EuropeansJapanese artistView source
1627–1632; depicts the 1597 executionsTwenty-three Christian Martyrs in JapanRaphaël Sadeler IIView source
1735Het koninkryk JapanEngelbert Kaempfer and Johann Caspar ScheuchzerView source
1752An Accurate Map of JapanEmanuel BowenView source
c. 1759Japanese Screen with a VOC Ship and a Chinese JunkGenkei-school, NagasakiView source
1790–1810Dutchmen at a MealAnonymous Japanese printmaker; after Rin Shihei (attributed)View source
c. 1830–1844Dish with a Map of Japan and InscriptionAnonymous Japanese potterView source
1833–1836View of DeshimaWorkshop of Kawahara KeigaView source
1853Illustration of Foreign Ships from North AmericaUnidentified Japanese artistView source
March 31, 1854Treaty of Kanagawa, English-Language VersionGovernments of the United States and JapanView source
1856First Landing at GorahamaJames Queen, after Wilhelm Heine; P. S. Duval & Co.View source
c. 1861Foreigners Enjoying Themselves in the GankirōUtagawa YoshikazuView source
9th month, 1861Foreigners in the Drawing Room of Foreign Merchant's House in YokohamaUtagawa (Gountei) SadahideView source
September 6, 1864British Naval Landing Party in the Maedamura Battery, ShimonosekiFelice BeatoView source
1870s–1890sUmbrella MakerKusakabe KimbeiView source
ca. 1872The Japanese RobeAlfred StevensView source
1873View of the Japanese Pavilion at the Vienna World’s FairKlösz (named on the object)View source
dated 1876Incense BoxOgawa ShōminView source
1881Illustration of the Museum at the Second National Industrial Exhibition in UenoUtagawa Hiroshige IIIView source
1881JaponismeHenri SommView source
March 23, 1904The Yellow PerilUdo J. KepplerView source
April 3, 1904Blancs et JaunesLouis Andrieux (Domani)View source
October 22, 1905; published 1907The Triumphal Return of Admiral Togo from the Sea of JapanUnderwood & UnderwoodView source
September 22, 1909No LimitLouis M. GlackensView source
1910Commemorative Photographic Album of Korea in the Empire of Great JapanResident-General of Korea, compilerView source
May 26, 1924Immigration Act of 1924, Section 13(c)68th United States CongressView source
1932“The Truth of the Incident’s Outbreak,” from Photographic Album of the Manchurian IncidentSouth Manchuria Railway Company, General Affairs Department, General Affairs SectionView source
December 7, 1941Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941Imperial Japanese Navy, photographer unknownView source
February 19, 1942Executive Order 9066Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United StatesView source
April 1, 1942Evacuees of Japanese Ancestry Awaiting Buses for Manzanar at Lone PineClem Albers, photographer; U.S. War Relocation AuthorityView source
ca. 1942–1945“Tokio Kid Say—Much Waste of Material Make So-o-o-o Happy!”Douglas Aircraft CompanyView source
May 13, 1943Company E, 442nd Infantry Regiment, in Formation at Camp ShelbyPvt. Raymond D’Addario, U.S. Army Signal CorpsView source
September 27, 1945General Douglas MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito at the U.S. EmbassyGaetano Faillace, U.S. Army Signal CorpsView source
April 10, 1946Voters at the Yotsuya Ward Office in Japan’s First Postwar General ElectionU.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknownView source
September 8, 1951Shigeru Yoshida and Dean Acheson after the U.S.–Japan Security Treaty SigningU.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknownView source
December 10, 1956Japanese Employees in the Ordnance Workshop at Camp DrakeU.S. Army Signal Corps, photographer unknownView source
February 1974Stacked Autos Are Crushed and Shipped to Japan, Then Return as Toyotas and DatsunsDavid FalconerView source
July 2, 1981Japanese Auto Export Restraints Briefing PaperU.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade AdministrationView source
Console introduced December 3, 1994; photograph March 20, 2014Japanese Sony PlayStation SCPH-1000 with controller and memory cardEvan-AmosView source
August 31, 2008Hayao Miyazaki at the 2008 Venice Film FestivalThomas SchulzView source
December 1, 2011Wasabi sushi and bento takeaway at London Victoria stationEwan MunroView source
July 6, 2018Visitors and exhibitors at Japan Expo near ParisIsabelle and Stéphane GallayView source
November 14, 2018Tourists in the bamboo grove at Arashiyama, KyotoMx. GrangerView source
September 3, 2019Cool Japan Strategy, examples of foreign opinions and soft-power objectiveIntellectual Property Strategy Headquarters, Cabinet Office, Government of JapanView source