Bodies and Structures 2.0: Deep-Mapping Modern East Asian HistoryMain MenuGet to Know the SiteGuided TourShow Me HowA click-by-click guide to using this siteModulesRead the seventeen spatial stories that make up Bodies and Structures 2.0Tag MapExplore conceptsComplete Grid VisualizationDiscover connectionsGeotagged MapFind materials by geographic locationLensesCreate your own visualizationsWhat We LearnedLearn how multivocal spatial history changed how we approach our researchAboutFind information about contributors and advisory board members, citing this site, image permissions and licensing, and site documentationTroubleshootingA guide to known issuesAcknowledgmentsThank youDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThis project was made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Sites of Conflict or Coercion
12020-04-30T18:05:23-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f352Subtagplain2020-09-11T17:37:05-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f2.0: Subtag of Imaginative Geographies (September 2020). 1.0: Tag page for Imaginative Geographies: Sites of Conflict or Coercion (August 2018).
12019-11-18T17:20:14-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fPrize-winning Landscapes116nihonga; tōyōga; Gōhara Kotō; Scenery Near Yuan Shan; After the Rain; New Clearning; Prosperity of South Streetplain2021-10-04T17:38:28-04:0025.04086, 121.51122Taipei25.0383, 121.564125.04537, 121.5225325.07891, 121.52651Former site of the Taiwan ShrineMaruyama, Yuanshan25.07075, 121.5204825.0551, 121.51003Dihua Street25.1039, 121.53027Zhishan Cliff, Shibayama1895-1935Magdalena KolodziejTaiwan Government-General LibraryKabayama Elementary School, location of the first Taiwan Fine Arts ExhibitionGuo XuehuTaiwan Fine Arts ExhibitionGōhara KotōKitashirakawa YoshihisaKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-01-02T02:06:03-05:00Magdalena Kolodziejedc0cba8697e2d8ae1adc4d7399e2c567c2e5e46Tōyōga Painter, Nihonga Artist78Ōsawa Sadayoshi; Araki Jippo; Yen Chuanying; Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere; Daitōa kyōeiken; Solitude; Silenceplain2021-10-04T17:41:46-04:0025.0383, 121.5641Taipei25.04537, 121.5225335.6833, 139.7833Tokyo25.04086, 121.5112235.01141, 135.794481927-1942Magdalena KolodziejTaiwan Government-General LibraryNanzenji Temple, KyotoGuo XuehuAraki JippoŌsawa SadayoshiKabayama Elementary School, location of the first Taiwan Fine Arts ExhibitionKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
1media/guo xuehu 1928 scenery near yuanshan.jpgmedia/guoxuehu.jpg2019-11-18T17:20:14-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fGuo Xuehu's Early Career and Paintings62Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition; nihonga; seiyōga; tōyōga; art historiansimage_header51132021-10-04T17:30:47-04:0037.93575, -122.34774Richmond, California25.04537, 121.52253Tōkyō35.6833, 139.7833Kyōto35.0000, 135.75001908-2012Magdalena KolodziejGuo XuehuKabayama Elementary School, location of the first Taiwan Fine Arts ExhibitionKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
1media/guo xuehu 1928 scenery near yuanshan.jpgmedia/taiwan_takamatsu_LIBRARY PHOTO.jpg2019-11-18T17:20:14-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe Taiwan Government-General Library and Its Art-related Collections61Taiwan sōtokufu toshokan; 1915image_header51132021-10-04T17:17:36-04:0025.0383, 121.5641Taipei37.5333, 127.0000Seoul25.04086, 121.511221915-1941Magdalena KolodziejTaiwan Government-General LibraryKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T17:20:14-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f"Three Youths of the Taiwan Salon"57artistic autumn; bijutsu no aki; Taiten san shōnen; Chen Jin; Lin Yushan; Masaki Naohiko; Mizuno Rentarō; Gotō Fumio; imperial art world; teikoku bijutsukaiplain2021-10-04T17:33:29-04:0025.0383, 121.5641Taipei25.04537, 121.522531927-1933Magdalena KolodziejKabayama Elementary School, location of the first Taiwan Fine Arts ExhibitionGuo XuehuImperial Fine Arts AcademyTokyo School of Fine ArtsKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T15:48:29-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fResearch on the Effects of Biological and Chemical Weapons32Tôn Thất Tùng becomes an expert in chemical herbicides.plain45232021-10-05T15:42:24-04:0039.92284, 116.4012039.019282, 125.75275421.392808, 103.01970248.8667, 2.3333BeijingPyongyangDien Bien PhuParis07/1951-1970Michitake AsoTôn Thất TùngCommittee to Prevent GermsKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T17:21:24-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fCompeting Festivals: The Joint Deity-Welcoming Festival29This page discusses the Joint Deity-Welcoming Festival as a response to the expanded Jilong Shrine Festivalplain2021-06-16T14:06:08-04:0025.1283, 121.7419Jilong1932-1935Evan N. Dawley, Becoming TaiwaneseEvan N. DawleyQing'an TempleDianji TempleJilong ShrineKandra Polatis4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133
12021-02-18T15:01:23-05:00Weiting Guo08b125beef921c47ad1de3c337b8d14abd2713ab"Even the Robbers Could Release the Hostages Who Were from the Same Home District"29plain2021-09-29T13:12:01-04:0027.9994, 120.6668Wenzhou31.2222, 121.4581Shanghai26.0614, 119.3061Fuzhou, Fujian1923193010/15/1916Weiting GuoShen BaoWenzhou Native-Place AssociationKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T17:21:23-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fCompeting Festivals: The Japanese Responses28This page discusses the assertion of Japanese control over the Joint Deity-Welcoming Festival in the wake of its expansion and parade into the Japanese neighborhood.plain2021-06-16T14:06:50-04:0025.1283, 121.7419Jilong1935-1936Evan N. Dawley, Becoming TaiwaneseEvan N. DawleyTaiwan Government-GeneralJilong ShrineKandra Polatis4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133
12019-11-18T15:49:57-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fNews Flows23Discussion of How News From Foreign Sources Circulated in Late Qingplain2021-09-29T16:55:47-04:0031.2222, 121.4581Shanghai51.5142, -0.0931London1876-1881Nathaniel IsaacsonDianshizhai huabaoThe New EraWusong RailwayTianjin RailwayHuatu xinbaoGezhi huibianKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12019-11-18T17:25:07-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fFeuding, Racing, and Religious Conflicts17plain2021-09-29T13:04:13-04:0027.9994, 120.6668Wenzhou1895190719311765Weiting GuoSoothill, LucySoothill, WilliamDragon Boat FestivalKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
1media/QingAn.jpg2019-11-18T17:21:30-05:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe Temple Regulation Movement: Island-wide Accomplishments14This page explores the limited, uneven application of the consolidation policy across Taiwan.plain2021-10-04T12:42:32-04:0022.803621, 120.296833Gangshan County23.068173, 120.234239Tainan Prefecture22.711252, 120.341827Gaoxiong Prefecture1939Evan N. Dawley, Becoming TaiwaneseEvan N. DawleyKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:26-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fConclusion: The Shape of Postwar Memories14image_header48972021-10-08T16:11:38-04:0035.6856, 139.77341Tōkyō1945Noriko AsoMitsukoshiKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:06:00-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fConclusion: Okinawa’s Long Postwar14Conclusion to the Okinawa Memory Initiative moduleplain48972021-10-08T16:47:02-04:0026.20413, 127.67460Naha1952Dustin WrightGail, CharlesOnoyama ParkKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:25-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fConclusion: From Borderland to Occupied Territory13Concluding Thoughtsplain48972021-10-08T16:30:57-04:0046.46918, 121.24832Xing'an1929-1931Shellen X. WuZhang ZuolinKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:10-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fA Rain of Ruin12The firebombing of Tokyo as seen from the air.plain2021-10-07T12:54:52-04:0035.6833, 139.7833Tōkyō03/09/1945David FedmanUnited States Army Air ForceKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:29-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fOkinawa: People12Okinawa and Okinawans in the 1950splain170992021-10-08T16:42:00-04:0026.72333, 127.79273Iejima1955-2002Dustin WrightGail, CharlesAhagon ShokoKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:25-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe History of Tunken11How the term became a ubiquitous part of the Chinese discourse of empireplain2021-06-09T13:58:52-04:0046.46918, 121.24832Xing'anShellen X. WuZou ZuohuaDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277
12020-04-30T18:05:23-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fOgura Nobu in Fuqing: the 1930 Consular Police Report11Ogura Nobu's and Kobayashi Ichi's presence in Nanshi Village, Fuqing County, Fujian Province, 1930-01.plain2021-10-12T10:41:14-04:0025.47612, 119.5644135.6833, 139.7833FuqingTōkyō01/1930David R. AmbarasOgura NobuKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:24-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fA Controversial Repatriation: Osaka 201010The case of an extended family of 56 "returnees" from Fuqing and their application for public assistance in Osaka, 2010.plain2021-06-16T11:39:40-04:0034.6667, 135.5000Ōsaka1926-07/2010David R. AmbarasKandra Polatis4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133
12020-04-30T18:05:28-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fObjects of War10plain2021-10-08T16:10:28-04:0034.70298, 135.49527Ōsaka1940-1941Noriko AsoMitsukoshiKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:24-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fSino-Japanese relations since the 1990s10Binational dynamics affecting the discourse on and experiences of migrants or returnees to Japan.plain2021-10-21T15:51:54-04:0012/1937-1989David R. AmbarasAbe ShinzōDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277
12020-04-30T18:05:23-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fComplex Lives, Contingent Tactics9Women's responses to efforts to repatriate them from Fuqing.plain2021-06-11T19:31:05-04:0008/1933David R. AmbarasKandra Polatis4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133
1media/DF-0027.jpg2020-04-30T18:05:22-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fEscaping the Red Winds9Ishikawa's account of his escape from the fires.image_header2022-02-14T14:30:19-05:0035.67268, 139.78661Sumida River03/09/1945David FedmanIshikawa, KōyōDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277
12020-04-30T18:05:21-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f"All Equal Under the Emperor's Gaze"8This page describes how Cai used the idea of equality to argue for self ruleplain2021-06-16T16:21:08-04:0035.6833, 139.7833Tōkyō1924Kate McDonaldCai PeihuoGovernment General of TaiwanKandra Polatis4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133
12020-04-30T18:05:24-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f"Left-behind" Japanese and Japanese government policies since the 1990s8Discourse and laws relating to the repatriation of Japanese who spent the postwar decades as wives or children of Chinese families, especially in Northeastern China..plain2021-06-24T12:02:10-04:001945-1994David R. AmbarasDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277
12020-04-30T18:05:24-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fWartime Departures, 1931-458Departure of Fuqing peddlers and their Japanese wives/children to Fuqing during the Fifteen Year War, 1931-1945.plain2021-10-12T10:46:39-04:0041.80569, 123.4314744.14411, 125.35348ShenyangChangchun1931-1945David R. AmbarasKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:23-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fConsular police missions in the wake of the Manchurian Incident8Tensions between Japanese investigators and Chinese villagers and security forces in Fuqing, 1932-1934.plain2021-10-12T11:10:30-04:0001/1932-06/1934David R. AmbarasItō ShigeruMatsumoto ShigeruKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:11-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f"My wife is an illegal immigrant"7Reports of paper marriages involving Chinese women in Japan; women migrants' affective labor.plain2021-06-24T11:50:38-04:0012/2001David R. AmbarasDavid Ambaras1337d6b66b25164b57abc529e56445d238145277
12020-04-30T18:06:10-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fKaneko Takakazu's reportage and NGO activities in the 1990s7Japanese rediscovery of the presence of Japanese and their descendants in Fuqing.plain2021-10-12T11:15:34-04:001994-1998David R. AmbarasKaneko TakakazuKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
12020-04-30T18:05:24-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fThe Place of the Indigenous in Cai's Taiwan6This page describes how Cai's manifesto, and the anti-colonial movement generally speaking, reproduced the imperial spatial imaginary in their representations of Taiwan.plain2021-06-16T16:16:09-04:001928-1929Kate McDonaldCai PeihuoTaiwan Indigenous PeopleGovernment General of TaiwanKandra Polatis4decfc04157f6073c75cc53dcab9d25e87c02133
12020-04-30T18:05:32-04:00Kate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5fDepictions of transgressive intimacy5Introduction to the path on Sino-Japanese intimacies as spatial stories.image_header1082021-10-12T10:56:03-04:00David R. AmbarasKate McDonald306bb1134bc892ab2ada669bed7aecb100ef7d5f
