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    The document discusses whether modernization was the dominant feature of daily life during the Meiji era in Japan. It provides several photos from the late 19th and early 20th centuries showing streets, theaters, and homes that demonstrate aspects of both traditional Japanese culture and Western influences. The photos suggest that while modernization occurred, traditional customs also continued, so it was a period of both change and continuity in Japanese society.

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    Meiji Era:

    Change or
    Continuity?
    Was modernization the
    dominant feature of daily
    life during the Meiji era?

    © 2015 Program for Teaching East Asia, University of Colorado


    Late
    Meiji Era
    (20th
    century)

    Source: Silk Museum, Japan


    Taisho era
    (1912-1926)

    Source: Silk Museum, Japan


    Street Car in Ueno, Tokyo, 1890s
    Source: http://www.oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/765/streetcar-in-ueno#.VK7mT3uK22E
    Courtesy of Kjeld Duits Collection/MeijiShowa.com
    New Year Celebrations 3, Kobe, 1906
    Source: http://www.oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/680/new-year-celebrations-3#.VTrEwZN58UM
    Courtesy of Kjeld Duits Collection/MeijiShowa.com
    Koraibashi, Osaka, 1910s
    Source: http://www.oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/248/koraibashi#.VTrGlpN58UM
    Courtesy of Kjeld Duits Collection/MeijiShowa.com
    Nogemachi-dori, Yokohama, 1900s
    Source: http://www.oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/155/nogemachi-dori#.VTqyvZN58UM
    Courtesy of Kjeld Duits Collection/MeijiShowa.com
    Dotonbori Theater Street, Osaka, 1890s
    Source: http://www.oldphotosjapan.com/en/photos/90/dotonbori-theater-street#.VTqzF5N58UM
    Courtesy of Kjeld Duits Collection/MeijiShowa.com
    Kureha-za Theater
    Built in 1868 in Osaka
    (Nishihonmachi Ikeda
    neighborhood), this theater is
    recognized by the Japanese
    government as an Important
    Cultural Property.

    Photos by Catherine Mein.

    “Kureha-za Theater is a playhouse widely loved by people as a place of entertainment.


    [The] theater follows the style of playhouses of the Edo period. In addition to Kabuki, plays
    were performed here [as well as political speeches given]. [The] theater is equipped with a
    Revolving Stage, Trapdoor, ‘flower way’ (a stage passage through the audience), etc.”
    Permanent museum exhibition. The Museum Meiji-mura, n.d.
    Villa of
    Mataemon
    Shibakawa
    Built in 1911 in
    Hyogo-prefecture

    Photos by Catherine Mein.

    “The Villa of Mataemon Shibakawa was built in the orchard of Koto-En located mid-way between
    Kobe and Osaka as a [weekend] villa for Mataemon Shibakawa, a business tycoon of Osaka…. It
    was designed by Goichi Takeda, [an] architect who played an active part in the turn of the 20th
    century. This building, a happy combination of Japanese [traditional] house style and that of
    western buildings, was hit severely by the Hanshin Awaji Earthquake [1995] and had to be
    dismantled.”
    Permanent museum exhibition. The Museum Meiji-mura, n.d.

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