Kitaoka Fumio, "Going through a Village (Buraku otōru)" (1947), woodcut (all photos courtesy University of Chicago Press) The period between 1945 and 1952 was an odd one in Japan’s history. The ...
Japan occupied all or part of over 20 countries during World War II. The U.S. and its allies liberated many of the Pacific Islands in hard-fought naval and amphibious battles before ending the war ...