Gordon W. Prange Collection

Sharing some beautiful color images capturing the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan, in summer 1947. The images are from rom Roy W. Simonson slides. https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1776

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Publication: Articulations of the Nuclear: Postwar Japan under the Spell of the Atomic Age

Featured Publication: Articulations of the Nuclear: Postwar Japan under the Spell of the Atomic Age Articulations of the Nuclear: Postwar Japan under the Spell of the Atomic Age (Katharina Hulsmann and Stephan Kohn, Eds, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2024) gathers papers presented at the “Hiroshima-…

Two more weeks till ! Which sports are you all plan to watch? The image is from a magazine Kodomo to kagaku [The child Mechanics], 3/1/1949.

Heat warning in MD! Everyone be careful! Stay indoors if possible and eat good food. Menu ideas from a magazine "Fujin seikatsu" (8/1/1949) for beautiful summer Japanese food.

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Posters and Wall newspapers: Nagasaki dayori

Featured Posters and Wall newspapers: Nagasaki dayori The posters and wall newspapers have been digitized and are available here. In the Featured Posters and Wall Newspapers series, we will share interesting posters/wall newspapers with you. Today we …

【Reminder】 The Hornbake Library (Hornbake Library, University of Maryland) will be closed for this Thursday and Friday (July 4-5). Have a great holiday weekend everyone! The image: magazine "Child Book" (7/1/1949).

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Publication: Electronic reprint of labor union publication Jikatabi

Featured Publication: Electronic reprint of labor union publication Jikatabi Denshi Fukkoku-ban JIKATABI Futai nyusu・Fujinbu nyusu・Jiro Shinbun I / 電子復刻版　じかたび　婦対ニュース・婦人部ニュース・自労しんぶん I Vol. 1 Jikatabi 1947~1957 / 第一巻「じかたび」１９４７(昭和２２）年〜１９５７（昭和３２）年 Sug...

【Prange Collection Blog】 Newly Acquired Secondary Sources on the Occupation (2024) - Part I

Newly Acquired Secondary Sources on the Occupation (2024) – Part I We have acquired the following secondary sources on the Occupation period in the first half of 2024. See also our past acquisitions in 2014, 2015 (Part I), and 2015 (Part II), 2016, 2017, 2018, 20…

【Prange Collection Blog】 Prange Curator Kana Jenkins Receives Excellence in Teaching Award

Prange Curator Kana Jenkins Receives Excellence in Teaching Award Each year the UMD Libraries confer awards in various categories such as Outstanding Librarian, or Outstanding Project, “Spirit of Innovation” or “Excellence in Diversity and Inclu…

【Prange Collection Blog】Maryland Day 2024

Maryland Day 2024 What is Maryland Day? For Marylanders it is a state holiday commemorating March 25, 1634 and the landing of the first European settlers to its soil. For the University of Maryland it is a day when …

【Prange Collection Blog】The gentle art of drawing (part 2)

The gentle art of drawing (part 2) “I want to draw a tank, but I’m not very good at it. Mom, draw me a tank…,” “Draw me a plane…” the kids begged, holding out a piece of paper and a pencil. But how many mothers can just take that pe…

【Prange Collection Blog】The gentle art of drawing

The gentle art of drawing Above: Images drawn by Maddy Willette following guides in “Yasashii e no kakikata” Happy Children’s Day! To mark Kodomo no Hi (子供の日), celebrated every May 5th in Japan, we bring t…

【Prange Collection Blog】Class Visit: The Atomic Bomb in Literature and Memory (JAPN 425)

Class Visit: The Atomic Bomb in Literature and Memory (JAPN 425) An important outreach activity here at the Prange Collection is providing teaching and instruction to our most immediate local audience: faculty & students at the University of Maryland College…

is just around the corner! On this Saturday, April 27, come by to Hornbake Library, University of Maryland to make hearts❤️💛💚💜💙
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On Monday, May 6, at 12:30pm, join us for a ZOOM talk on Jazz in Occupied Japan by Stella Li (Ph.D candidate at ), a recipient of the 20th Century Japan Research Award 2023! The award is co-sponsored by and . The talk is open to public!

【Prange Collection Blog】Featured Publication: "IGAGURI: Young Judo Master" by Fukui Eiichi (Includes in-depth essay by Ryan Holmberg)

Featured Publication: “IGAGURI: Young Judo Master” by Fukui Eiichi Igaguri: Young Judo Master by Fukui EiichiIncludes in-depth essay by Ryan Holmberg “Fukui Eiichi and the Judo Manga Revolution.” Published by Bubbles Press: THE ORIGINAL MARTIAL AR…

【Prange Collection Blog】Recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2024

Recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2024 We are delighted to announce the following recipients of the 20th Century Japan Research Awards for 2024. Congratulations! Eike Exner (Independent Scholar) whose project title is “A Comparati…

【Prange Collection Blog】Reflections of a student intern on working with Prange materials

Reflections of a student intern on working with Prange materials [This guest post was written by Madeleine Willette, an undergraduate student majoring in Art History and Japanese at the University of Maryland, College Park.] I first heard about the Gordon W. Pra…

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【Prange Collection Blog】 Featured Gift Collection - Donald H. Swann papers

Featured Gift Collection – Donald H. Swann papers We are pleased to announce one of our new gift collection acquisitions – Donald H. Swann papers! Donald Swann (1926-1964) served in the U.S. Army from 1944-1946. He was posted in Tokyo and H…

A catchy, strong lyric of Tokyo Bugiugi #ブギウギ found in a magazine "Saron [サロン]" (3/1/1948).

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【Prange Collection Blog】From the Archives: Past Prange Exhibitions - ", A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Connecting Through Canon in Post-Occupation Japan" https://prangecollection.wordpress.com/2024/02/11/from-the-archives-past-prange-exhibitions/

From the Archives: Past Prange Exhibitions The Gordon W. Prange Collection has organized periodic exhibitions of materials drawn from its holdings. These exhibitions seek to showcase newly acquired materials, highlight lesser-known parts of…

In April 1946, for the 1st time in its history, Japanese women could vote & run for office. 39 women members of the House of Representatives were elected. Image is from Fujin Kurabu (5/1/46), featuring newly selected women members. #ブギウギ

【Prange Collection Blog】An iSchool Student Reflects on her Field Study (Fall '23) in the Prange Collection

An iSchool Student Reflects on her Field Study (Fall ’23) in the Prange Collection [This is a guest post written by Karen Adjei, an iSchool Field Study Intern for Fall 2023 at the Prange Collection.] As a child growing up in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, I fell in love …

【FINAL Reminder】 The deadline for the 20th Century Japan Research Award is Jan 31. Work on your application this weekend! See: https://www.lib.umd.edu/about/awards/japan

Speaking on a lottery, there is a small announcement on a new road reconstruction lottery in Oita prefecture in this poster (May, 1949). posters/wall newspapers in our collection are available online?

See: https://digital.lib.umd.edu/prangeposters

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With a new semester upon us in the new year, the Gordon W. Prange Collection welcomes all students, staff, and faculty back to campus this week! Be sure to check out the exhibit in Hornbake Library North’s Maryland Room, A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words: Connecting Through Canon in Post-Occupation Japan, in its final week before de-installation on January 29!

Suzuko and Sayo-chan wishing to win $$$$! See this Kyodo News Agency photo of choosing lottery # at Nihon Gekijo for a million yen jackpot! Kyodo News Agency photo, 10/15/[1948]. #ブギウギ

【Reminder】The deadline for the 20th Century Japan Research Award is Jan 31! 10 more days!

Many scenes of black market (yamiichi) in drama #ブギウギ. Lots of good scholarly works on yamiichi have been published - spotted some examples in our reference books section. #ブギウギ