HISTOR¥

Maintaining a virtual museum is obviously the most 'bit-consuming' part of this Histor¥-project. I was therefore very happy to find (accidentally, through the Frog in a Well - blog) that the Kansai-department of the National Diet Library maintains a gallery of Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures. Pictures are high-quality scans of photographs taken at the time. Also check the about-page.