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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 pencil into their hands and draw what was asked? Happy Mother’s Day! Definitions […]
The gentle art of drawing (part 1)
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 to you an article by Madeleine (“Maddy”) Willette who during her internship at the Prange (Fall semester ’23) conducted research on a drawing book for […]
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 Park. This spring semester we welcomed Professor Michele Mason and her students from a course titled “The Atomic Bomb in Literature and Memory”. Course description: Study […]
A Talk by Stella Li : ““Jazz Nation, Jazz Culture:”Jazz Discourse in Early Occupied Japan’s Mass Print Media”
Stella Li, a Ph.D. candidate in musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and recipient of a 20th Century Japan Research Award, will give a talk on “Jazz Nation, Jazz Culture:”Jazz Discourse in Early Occupied Japan’s Mass Print Media“ on Monday, May 6, at 12:30-1:30pm (EST) online. Zoom Link: https://umd.zoom.us/j/8404739029?omn=91817058510 The event […]
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 ARTS MANGA! Starring a young judo prodigy who is as virtuous as he is strong, Fukui Eiichi’s Igaguri (1952-54) marks the true beginning of dynamic martial arts and sports comics […]
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! The Award, first offered in 1999, is co-sponsored by the Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies and the University of Maryland Libraries. Each year these partners accept applications for grants to support research in the […]
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. Prange collection during my first semester at UMD. It was Fall 2020, and Covid-19 had made sure that my introduction to university life took […]
Spring Break Closure (2024)
The Prange Collection will be closed from Monday, March 18 through Sunday, March 24 for the University of Maryland Spring Break. We will resume our postings in late March.
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 Hachinohe, Japan, during the Allied Occupation of Japan. While he was in service, he sent letters, photographs, and postcards regularly to his […]
Notable Japanese Collections in North America Dashboard
Have you heard about the Notable Japanese Collections in North America Dashboard? It was created by several members of the North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources (NCC), drawing on data originally collected by NCC’s Cooperative Collection Development Working Group. The dashboard landing page shows the North America map on which the users can […]
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