Nippon Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Nippon
  • Series Title Edgar Jones Collection

Creator

  • Author: Japanese Board of Tourist Industry
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: Kokusai Kankōkyoku
  • Author: Japanese Government Railways
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: Tetsudōshō
  • Printer: Kyodo Printing Co.
    Creator Type: Organization
    Creator Info: Tokyo, Japan

Contributor

  • Donor: Jones, Edgar, 1915-2009
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: Japanese Board of Tourist Industry
    Place of Publication: Tokyo, Japan
    Additional Info: Kokusai Kankōkyoku
  • Name: Japanese Government Railways
    Place of Publication: Tokyo, Japan
    Additional Info: Tetsudōshō

Date

  • Creation: 1939~/1940~

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Booklet containing images of some of the geographical, cultural, and industrial features of Japan intended to attract tourists to the country and its territories. The booklet contains information about the Japanese mainland, Taiwan, Korea, and Manchuria. Among the subjects included in the photos are Japanese architecture, education, festivals, arts and music, sports and recreational activities, and travel options between locations within the Japanese Empire.
  • Physical Description: 34 p. ; 26 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Travel
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Railroads - Trains
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Aviation - Airplanes
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Ships
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - Japanese
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - Koreans
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Ethnic Groups - Chinese
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Sports and Recreation
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Religion - Temples
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Education
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Customs - Festivals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Music
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Arts and Crafts - Theatre
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Food and Cooking
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Personnel
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Guidebooks
  • Keyword: tourism
  • Keyword: Japanese Board of Tourist Industry
  • Keyword: Japanese Government Railways

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: Japan
  • Place Name: North Korea
  • Place Name: South Korea
  • Historic Place Name: Korea
  • Place Name: China - Manchuria
  • Historic Place Name: Empire of Manchuria
  • Place Name: Taiwan
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 2015.089.053
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1679693
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