Japanese Lantern Slides

"In the 1930s, Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (a predecessor of the present Japan Foundation) actively created lantern slides and distributed them to institutions around the world to help educate about Japan." Here are a few of my favorite slides...

Heaven




Hell










Sanitation Campaign








Scary Kite


Domestic Dispute


Stories






War Stories


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These slides are from the University of Hawaii at Manoa digital library [link]
see more Japanese lantern slides at Triptych: the tri-college digital library [link]