“First-year men” referred to Japanese immigrants who ... and the reign of the imperial court of the Meiji era began. Other Japanese citizens were attracted by the $4-a-month wage and free ...

Through the Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa periods (1868-1930s ... we use two categorizations to help students consider and analyze changing roles of men during this period: (1) male roles that ...

The estimated average height of Japanese men reached 163 centimeters during ... more than 1,000 years until the early part of the Meiji Era (1868-1912). Denied access to a major source of protein ...

In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional ... One salient aspect of modernity is the dynamic, shifting roles and identity of men and women within society, the ...

The Meiji era (1868-1912) follows more than two centuries ... were popular among fashionable men. In this section, artists embrace nostalgic motifs, referencing fish, fishermen and nautical ...