"Ways of the World"
Chapter Nineteen Visual Sources
1750-1950
In this section of visual documents I decided to focus on Visual Source 19.2 "Women and Westernization (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Aaron Lebowich...)" Displayed below.
I chose this image because I believe it accurately portrays how westernization took its toll in Asia. As the book mentions the photo in the middle more precisely "reflect[s] earlier Japanese court traditions that encouraged women to wear many layers of kimonos" (Strayer 968). The other photos however illustrate more of the westernization taking place in particular the style of dresses and the structure of the building on the left. Yet the Japanese culture still remains prominent which can be picked p from the overall scenery, trees, flowers, and patterns.
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