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Japan’s Industrial Revolution

  • A print depicting the start of Japan’s first rail service, ­from Tokyo’s Shinbashi to Yokohama, in 1872. Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1872. (Courtesy of the Minato City Local History Museum)

    A print depicting the start of Japan’s first rail service, ­from Tokyo’s Shinbashi to Yokohama, in 1872. Utagawa Hiroshige III, 1872. (Courtesy of the Minato City Local History Museum)

  • An image of the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture. Utagawa Kuniteru II, 1873. (Courtesy of the National Diet Library)

    An image of the Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture. Utagawa Kuniteru II, 1873. (Courtesy of the National Diet Library)

  • The first Domestic Industrial Exposition. Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1877. (Courtesy of the National Diet Library)

    The first Domestic Industrial Exposition. Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1877. (Courtesy of the National Diet Library)

  • Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924) served multiple terms as minister of finance and was prime minister twice, in 1891–92 and 1896–98. (Courtesy of the National Diet Library)

    Matsukata Masayoshi (1835–1924) served multiple terms as minister of finance and was prime minister twice, in 1891–92 and 1896–98. (Courtesy of the National Diet Library)

  • Children learn at a terakoya. Issunshi Hanasato, ca. 1844–48. (Courtesy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Library)

    Children learn at a terakoya. Issunshi Hanasato, ca. 1844–48. (Courtesy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Library)

  • A replica of an Armstrong gun stands at the Saga Castle History Museum in Saga Prefecture. (Courtesy of the Saga Castle History Museum)

    A replica of an Armstrong gun stands at the Saga Castle History Museum in Saga Prefecture. (Courtesy of the Saga Castle History Museum)

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