Materials

The portrait photographs included in this exhibition were selected from the photographic publications or biographies in our stocks. Under the photograph, we indicate the title of the source material and photo size. Most of the photographs were from the following titles.

1. "Kinsei Meishi Shashin" (Photographs of Prominent Modern Japanese Figures). Vols. 1&2 (2 vols.). Osaka : Kinsei Meishi Shashin Hanpukai, 1934-35. 39cm. <Call No. 427-53>
2. "Kindai Meishi no Omokage" (Images of Prominent Figures in Modern Japan). Vol. 1.
   Edited by Shintaro Yabe. Tokyo : Chikuhaku-sha, 1914. 20x27cm. <Call No. 419-34>

Some of the portraits are photographs of paintings.

Reference

Materials referred to in the preparation of this exhibition are listed below. These materials are classified according to subject and listed with detailed captions of the photographs. Persons looking for old photographs may refer to these materials.

• National Diet Library Inventory of Photographic Albums 1868-1926. ("Reference Services and Bibliography", No. 33, November 1987) <Call No. Z21-291>
• "National Diet Library Inventory of Photographic Collections 1926-1945." Special Materials Department, National Diet Library, 1999. Sold by: Kinokuniya Company Ltd. <Call No. KC711-G5>

Biographical Notes

Biographical notes were produced by the Research and Legislative Reference Bureau and the Reference and Special Collections Department of the National Diet Library, and the Collections Department of the Kansai-kan of the National Diet Library.

The encyclopedias and bibliographies listed below were referred to in writing the notes, along with the biographies taken from "Bibliography for Biographical Studies of Japanese in Modern Politics" (Japanese only) on the website of the National Diet Library.

• " Kokushi Daijiten". Vols. 1-17 (17 vols.) Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1979-1997. <Call No. GB8-60>
• " Nihonshi Daijiten". Heibonsha, 1992-94. < Call No. GB8-E67>
• " Nihon Jinmei Daijiten". Kodansha, 2001 < Call No. YU7-1737>
• " Nihonshi koujiten". Yamakawa Shuppannsha, 1997 < Call No. GB8-G21>
• " Nihon kingendaishi Jiten". Toyo Keizai Shinposha, 1978 < Call No. GB8-52>
• " Nihon Kanryo-sei Sogojiten 1868-2000". University of Tokyo Press, 2001. < Call No. AZ-331-G77>
• " Nihon Jinbutsu Bunken Mokuroku". Heibonsha Limited. 1974. < Call No. GB1-20>
• " Nihon Rikukaigun Sogojiten". University of Tokyo Press, 1991. < Call No. A112-E172>
• " Bakumatsu Meiji Kaigai Tokosha Soran". Vols. 1-3 (3vols.) Kashiwashobo Co., Ltd., 1992. < Call No. GB13-E58>
• " Meiji Kakocho". Newly revised. Tokyo Bijutsu, 1988. < Call No. GB13-E19>
• " Hanshi Daijiten". Vols. 1-8 (8vols.) Yuzankaku Inc., 1988-1990. < Call No. GB8-E9>
• " Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia". Kodansha Ltd., 1993. < Call No. GB8-A6 >

Year of birth in the western calendar before 1872 are caluculated from the birth date in the Japanese lunar calendar, and other year notations are based on " Kokushi Daijiten". Names of clans are based on " Hanshi Daijiten. "

List of Works

The Japanese version of this exhibition contains lists of each person's works linked to full text images of the works in the " Digital Library from the Meiji Era" (Japanese only) of the National Diet Library.

Review of Contents

Mitsuo Okada, Director General of the Reference and Special Collections Department and Jun Utsu, Senior Librarian of the National Diet Library, were the Reviewers in Charge of this project.

Updates

August 4, 2005  Added biographical notes on each person
March 15, 2007  Added portrait photographs of one hundred and twenty eight people. (For details, see "added people")
October, 2007  The image of Kunikida, Doppo was updated
November, 2009  The images of Nakano, Hatsune and Matsui, Naokichi were updated
June, 2010  The image of Nakaoka, Shintaro was updated

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