This guide will help students investigate the history of modern Japan through the use of primary and secondary sources. Need help along the way? Ask a Librarian

Japanese officers visiting Yasukuni Shrine on festival, ca. 1920. The Yasukuni Shrine, a Shinto shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan honors people who died in service of Japan.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014).Courtesy of Library of Congress: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014701867.