Sugoroku, Japanese board games printed and published on newsprint, have been popular since the 19th century ... 1800s and continued into the 20th century. The emperor was one critical piece of this ...

Becoming Modern: Early 20th-Century Japan through Primary Sources offers secondary ... The “big idea” taught about Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is that it played rapid “catch up” to ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, large-scale industrialization in Japan begun during the Meiji Restoration, a period of rapid modernization that lasted from 1868-1912, was well under way. The ...

The Edo Period and the Birth of Modern Sushi ... in the late 19th century, sushi began to gain international recognition. The 20th century saw sushi’s popularity soar beyond Japan’s borders ...