PHOTO CREDITS

Prologue

• Japanese Map (woodcut): Life and Adventure in Japan, E. Warren Clark, American Tract Society, New York, 1878 from the author’s collection
• Japanese ship at sea (woodcut): Life and Adventure in Japan, E. Warren Clark, American Tract Society, New York, 1878 from the author’s collection

Chapter 1

• Matthew Calbraith Perry: courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZC54-7502

Delivering the American Presents at Yokohama:

• Perry, Narrative of the Expedition, etc., Appleton, NY 1856 from the author’s collection
• Demonstration of the Perry Gift Locomotive (watercolor): courtesy of the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library
• Tokugawa Yoshinobu (aka Keiki): courtesy of the Old Japan Picture Library
• Large Railway Station: An American Engineer in China, William Barclay Parsons, McClure Phillips, New York, 1900 from the author’s collection
• Léon Roches: (photog. DuBurguet, Niort) courtesy of the Société de Géographie/ Bibliotheque Nationale de France
• Sir Harry Parkes: The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, F. V. Dickins & S. Lane Poole, Macmillan and Co., London, 1894, courtesy of the Old Japan Picture Library
• Robert Van Valkenburgh: courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-BH824-4998
• Group with Anton L. C. Portman: courtesy of the Old Japan Picture Library
• Small Railway Station: An American Engineer in China, William Barclay Parsons, McClure Phillips, New York, 1900 from the author’s collection
• Freight Station: An American Engineer in China, William Barclay Parsons, McClure Phillips, New York, 1900 from the author’s collection
• Color Japanese Station: from the World Transportation Commission Collection, courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-W7-1005

Chapter 2

• The Meiji Emperor (Mutsuhito): courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZC2-723
• Group with Charles Egbert De Long: courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-100541
• Sawa Nobuyoshi: courtesy of the Old Japan Picture Library
• Tomomi Iwakura and Sanjo Sanetomi: History of the Enlightened Period of Meiji, Taisho Kyokai, Tokyo, from the author’s collection
• 1885 Map of Projected Nakasendō Route: Report of Mr. Trench on the Railways of Japan, Henry Le Poer Trench, Harrison & Sons, London, 1885, HMSO Japan No. 1 (1885) from the author’s collection

Chapter 3

• Horatio Nelson Lay: Hart and the Chinese Customs, S. Wright Mullan & Sons, Belfast
• Takashima-cho land reclamation: Stoddard’s Lectures Vol. III, John L. Stoddard, Balch Bros. Co., Boston, 1905 from the author’s collection
• Edmund Morel: courtesy of The Railway Museum, Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan
• First Locomotive in Japan: Cassell’s Railways of the World, Frederick A. Talbot, Waverly Book Co., London, c. 1920s from the author’s collection
• Avonside tank locomotive: courtesy of the Old Japan Picture Library
• Dubs locomotive and brake van: courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow
• Sawai-bashi Gate Opening Day Scene: The Illustrated London New, Supplement, December 7, 1872 from the author’s collection
• Yokohama Station Opening Day: courtesy of the Old Japan Picture Library
• Opening Day Procession: The Illustrated London News, December 21, 1872 from the author’s collection
• Mr. Marshall’s Address Opening Day: The Illustrated London News, December 28, 1872 from the author’s collection
• Trio of Railway Scenes: The Graphic, April 7, 1877 from the author’s collection

Chapter 4

• Kōbe–Ōsaka Line Bridging: The Illustrated London News, September 2, 1876 from the author’s collection

Chapter 5
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Chapter 6

• Map of Japan 1888: A Concise Dictionary of the Principal Roads, etc., Whitney, Maruya & Co., Tokyo 1889
• Japanese Passenger Train: An American Engineer in China, William Barclay Parsons, McClure Phillips, New York, 1900 from the author’s collection
• Express on Okitsu Coast: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection
• Kansai Railway 7850 Class Mogul: The World’s Locomotives, Charles S. Lake, Percival Marshall & Co. London c. 1905 from the author’s collection
• Kansai Railway Oite Class locomotive: The Railway Gazette, London, Jan. 4, 1907 from the author’s collection
• Nakamigawa Hikojiro: courtesy of The Railway Museum, Ōmiya, Saitama, Japan
• Wakamatsu Station, Yards, & Harbor: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection
• Nōbi Earthquake Track Distortion: Stoddard’s Lectures Vol. III, John L. Stoddard, Balch Bros. Co., Boston, 1905 from the author’s collection
• Usui Line locomotive crew: from the World Transportation Commission Collection, courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-W7-1006
• Ōū Line construction train: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection
• Ōū Line bridge near Yamagata: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection

Chapter 7

• Endpaper 1897 Railway Map: The Annual Report of the Imperial Railway Bureau for the 29th Fiscal Year of Meiji, The Imperial Railway Department, Pub’l. The “Japan Mail”, 1898
• Abiko Station: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection
• Nippon Railway Dubs Tank Locomotive: The World’s Locomotives, Charles S. Lake, Percival Marshall & Co. London c. 1905 from the author’s collection
• Nippon Railway Hannover Tank Locomotive: The World’s Locomotives, Charles S. Lake, Percival Marshall & Co. London c. 1905 from the author’s collection
• Nippon Railway 4-4-0: The World’s Locomotives, Charles S. Lake, Percival Marshall & Co. London c. 1905 from the author’s collection
• Nippon Railway Mallet Tank Locomotive: [Henschel-Maffei Locomotive Catalogue], J. A. Maffei, A. G., Munich c. 1920s
• San’yo Railway Advertisement: Japan in the Beginning of the 20th Century, The Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Pub’l. The Japan Times Tōkyō-shoin, 1904 from the author’s collection
• Mito Station, Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, Dec. 1894 from the author’s collection
• Hankaku Railway Bridge: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection
• Endpaper 1903 Railway Map: The Growth of Japanese Railways, The Railway Bureau, Dept. of Communications, Pub’l. The Japan Times, Tōkyō, c. 1903 from the author’s collection
• Shimbashi Troop Departure: The Russo-Japanese War, Colliers, New York, 1904 from the author’s collection
• Kōbe Troop Train Cheered On: The Russo-Japanese War, Colliers, New York, 1904 from the author’s collection
• Man-powered supply train of captured Russian wagons: Illustrated London News, October 1, 1904 from the author’s collection
• Re-gauging in Manchuria: A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, James Hare, Ed., Colliers, New York, 1905 from the author’s collection
• Liao-Yang reinforcements train: A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, James Hare, Ed., Colliers, New York, 1905 from the author’s collection
• Three-plank wagon with canopy frame: A Photographic Record of the Russo-Japanese War, James Hare, Ed., Colliers, New York, 1905 from the author’s collection

Chapter 8

• Shimbashi-Shimonoseki Special Train Diagram: Japan Imperial Government Railways Travellers’ Handy Guide, Imperial Government Railways Traffic Department, 1914 from the author’s collection
• Shimbashi-Shimonoseki Special Train Interior Montage: Japan Imperial Government Railways Travellers’ Handy Guide, Imperial Government Railways Traffic Department, 1914 from the author’s collection
• Amenomiya Keijiro: History of the Enlightened Period of Meiji, Fujishima Uta, Ed., Taisho Kyokai, Tōkyō, 1917 from the author’s collection
• Maffei Decapod heavy tank locomotive: [Henschel-Maffei Locomotive Catalogue], J. A. Maffei, A. G., Munich c. 1920s from the author’s collection
• 6700 Class locomotive: courtesy of Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Epilogue
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• All other photographs and images from the author’s collection
• All images appear in their original colors. None have been “colorized” or digitally altered.