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Title: Autumn in Funatsu (1953)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16137995 #ShinHanga #Art #HasuiKawase #Showa #Autumn #Fuji #MtFuji #MountFuji #Funatsu #Fujikawaguchiko #Japan

An early morning view looking toward Mount Fuji, from a rural farm. In the foreground, on a path curving between two cultivated fields, chickens scratch and peck at the ground; just beyond, a female figure is occupied with some task just outside the front door of the traditional thatched-roof farmhouse. Further on, a line of trees underscores the wide base of Mount Fuji; the rising sun tints the mountain's snowcap a rosy colour, and turns the few puffy clouds flanking the slopes a warm gold.

I just got a new #Japanese #WoodblockPrint, and even though it’s small, it’s absolutely beautiful. I love its contrastive colors 😍

I don’t know its full background, but from the style I’d guess it’s a #SōsakuHanga piece, probably from the #Shōwa era.

Shot with No Fusion by "NC".

The Pacific War, Part 2: Counter-Punch
While the first half of 1942 was characterized by small-scale raids and minor skirmishes between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan in the Pacific, the summer of 1942 witnessed one of the largest and most significant naval b
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/11/20/the-pacific-war-part-2-counter-punch/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #Australia #BattleOfMidway #BattleOfTheCoralSea #DoolittleRaid #History #Japan #PacificWar #Showa #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates

Title: Eagle Owl (1968)

Artist: Toshi Yoshida

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/owls-in-japanese-culture #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #ToshiYoshida #Autumn #Owl #Japan

An impressive-looking eagle owl sits on a tree branch, surrounded by autumn foliage. Its attention is focused somewhere off to our left, its large golden eyes zeroing in on something out of sight, beyond the borders of the image.

The Tripartite Pact
As Nazi Germany took the offensive against Poland and the second World War began in Europe, Japan chose to continue its path of closely aligning with fascist western powers in hopes of obtaining powerful allies whom they believed would win this latest glo
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/11/13/the-tripartite-pact/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #America #ExportControlAct #Fascist #Germany #History #Italy #Japan #Nazi #Showa #SovietUnion #TripartitePact #UnitedStates #WinterWar

Title: Into the Woods (1955)

Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro

https://www.timeout.com/tokyo/travel/the-most-beautiful-autumn-destinations-in-japan #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Autumn #Japan

An autumn day in a forest in Japan. A faint trail leads away through the surrounding trees, discernible mostly as a slight depression in the ground and a clear track through the fallen leaves scattered across the forest floor. Late afternoon sunlight comes slanting through the trees at an angle, creating long shadows. Just ahead, a still puddle lies across the trail, reflecting the tops of the trees and the cloudless blue sky above.

Title: Kawarahata, Gunma (1955)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.visit-gunma.jp/en/discover/stories-and-guides/where-to-see-autumn-leaves/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Autumn #Gunma #Japan

A bright autumn day on a farm in Gunma, Japan. A figure carrying a woven basket of what might be kindling trudges up a narrow path toward a farmhouse. Just in front of the house, a wide, tidy vegetable patch is full of green plants; nearby, a tall persimmon tree has already shed its leaves, and only the season's fruit remains clinging to the branches. Foliage on the ground and the surrounding mountains has rusted red-brown; above, a few puffy white clouds cross a bright blue sky.

Pacific Positioning
Japan's colonial possessions throughout the south Pacific proved very profitable, but the close proximity to the colonies of the United States set both nations on a path toward eventual conflict.
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/11/10/pacific-positioning/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #Caroline #Colonies #Empire #Hawaii #History #Islands #Japan #Marshall #Pacific #Philippines #Showa #UnitedStates #USA

Title: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima (c.1930s)

Artist: Ito Yuhan

https://www.itsukushimajinja.jp/en/history.html #ShinHanga #ItoYuhan #Art #Showa #Autumn #FullMoon #Moon #Itsukishima #Miyajima #Hiroshima #Japan

A yellow full moon rises over Itsukushima Shrine. The temple buildings are on piers, standing in the calm high tide of Matsushima Bay; hanging lanterns illuminate the empty buildings. Beyond, the famous 'floating' torii gate is a shadowy shape in the mist. Above, the full moon occupies a hazy, early evening sky.

The War at Home
Season 15, Episode 12: The War at Home

An official photograph of Puyi during his time as Emperor of Manchukuo. Source: Public Domain

A photograph of Emperor Puyi (far right) in Japan during an official visit. Although he was nominally the sovereign of Manchukuo, he was still expected to obey orders
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/11/06/the-war-at-home/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #Fumimaro #GeneralMobilizationLaw #History #Japan #Kishi #Konoe #Manchukuo #Nobusuke #Showa

不思議な映像と懐かしい曲『こまどり姉妹 – 浅草の鳩ポッポ』懐メロショートMV作ってみた！

不思議な映像と懐かしい曲『こまどり姉妹 – 浅草の鳩ポッポ』懐メロショートMV作ってみた！ハトぽ [音楽] 屋根の上からどこを見る [音楽] 故郷の空はあの [音楽] 山の畑で麦を踏む。ほら、母の [...]
#MAGMOE #JP #JAPAN #昭和の女性アイドル #AIart #AIアート #AIイラスト #KUUGEN☆ #MUSIC #Shorts #showa #ShowaEra #ShowaIdols #ShowaPeriod #アート #イラスト #こまどり姉妹 #ショート動画 #不思議な映像 #女性アイドル #懐かしい曲 #懐メロ #昭和 #昭和時代 #浅草の鳩ポッポ #演歌 #音楽
 https://www.magmoe.com/2645647/showa-period/showa-idols/2025-11-04/

Title: House in Ontake (1951)

Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro

https://www.go-nagano.net/en/trip-idea/id19786 #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #KasamatsuShiro #Showa #Autumn #MountOntake #Kiso #Otaki #Nagano #Gifu #Japan

An autumn afternoon at a farmhouse on Mount Ontake, on the border of Nagano and Gifu. A tall tree stands in the centre of the image, its leaves a bright orange-red with the season. On our right, a path leads up and away from the traditional-style thatched-roof house; on the left, a farmer approaches the front door of the house, carrying what looks like daikon in a woven basket on their back, and a branch of persimmons in their right hand. A trio of white chickens waits on the doorstep of the farmhouse.

The War with China, Part 2
The Japanese Imperial Army managed to take Wuhan but found it difficult to keep up their previous momentum as Chinese defensive efforts and counter-insurgency begin to wear on the Japanese supply line and threaten to reverse their previous gains.
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/11/03/the-war-with-china-part-2/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #Atrocities #CCP #China #Emperor #History #Japan #Jiujiang #KMT #Massacre #Showa #War #Wuhan

Title: Moonlit Night (1958)

Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro

https://espunisinjapan.com/en/curiosities/did-you-know/black-cats-symbol-of-good-luck/ #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #KasamatsuShiro #Showa #Autumn #Moon #BlackCat #HappyHalloween #Japan

An evening view down a shadowy, narrow path: on our left, the trail is bordered by a line of tall trees, while a healthy trimmed hedge forms a wall on our right. At the far end of the path, a little black cat pauses in a pool of moonlight, her eyes glowing in the dark as she glances in our direction.

The War with China, Part 1
After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident which sparked the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Japanese Imperial Army and Navy would press on to take Shanghai, Nanjing, and Xuzhou, driving Chinese defenders back and committing horrific war crimes and atrocities along the way.
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/10/30/the-war-with-china-part-1/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #Atrocities #CCP #China #History #Japan #KMT #Massacre #Nanjing #Shanghai #Showa #War #Xuzhou

Title: Drizzle at Kokedera Temple (1960)

Artist: Kasamatsu Shiro

https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3937.html #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Autumn #Saihoji #Kokedera #Kyoto #Japan #BlackAndWhite

A gloomy, rainy day on the grounds of Kyoto's Saihoji Temple (also known as Kokedera). Leafless trees stand around a small, still pond; the surface of the pond is marked with little ripples created by falling raindrops. Like a mirror, the pond reflects the shadows of the surrounding trees and the overcast sky above.

Title: Yama Temple, Sendai (1933)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.japan.travel/en/ca/news/experience-the-breathtaking-allure-of-autumn-in-sendai-the-city-of-trees/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #Autumn #HasuiKawase #Sendai #Japan

Autumn rain falls on a quiet mountain temple. On our left stands a temple building, the open front door revealing shadows within; just past and on the right is a bell tower, shuttered against the elements. A tree, its branches carrying a thinning batch of orange leaves, reaches out over the puddles forming in the uneven courtyard; just beyond the temple are the shadows of more trees. Above, the sky is slate-gray and overcast, and rain continues falling steadily across the scene. The space seems deserted and still, with no humans visible.

The Imperial Way
\Competing ideas about the Emperor's identity and proper place in the Japanese political order would become especially heated during the tumultuous 1930s and radical adherents of the Imperial Way Faction in the military engaged in a well-organized coup which nearly toppl
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/10/27/the-imperial-way/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #assassination #Coup #Fascist #Fasicsm #February26 #History #Incident #Japan #Kodoha #nationalism #Showa #Terrorism #Toseiha

Title: Kawanishi Village, Tochigi Prefecture (1947)

Artist: Hasui Kawase

https://www.visit-tochigi.com/seasons-in-tochigi/autumn/ #ShinHanga #Art #Showa #HasuiKawase #Autumn #Tochigi #Japan

A bright autumn afternoon in Tochigi Prefecture. In the foreground, a watermill stands at the edge of a stone-reinforced embankment bordering a stream. At the end of a narrow stone walkway extending into the water, a female figure crouches low, washing something in a bucket. Just beyond, leaves of tall trees are turning yellow and orange with the season; further on, a group of houses block the horizon. Above, a few white clouds cross a blue sky.

The International Realignment, Part 2
The Empire of Japan's decision to break with liberal democracies in favor of rising fascist powers was driven, in part, by the successes enjoyed by said fascist powers throughout the 1930s. In this episode, we discuss how their
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2025/10/23/the-international-realignment-part-2/
#EarlyShowa #Season15 #Anschluss #Communism #Democracy #Europe #Fascism #History #Hitler #Japan #Molotov #Mussolini #Nazi #Ribbentrop #Showa #Stalin

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