Book
Postcard Impressions of Early 20th-century Singapore: Perspectives from the Japanese Community
28 April 2020
The postcard collection offers a fascinating insight into Japanese society in Singapore in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
By Naoko Shimazu and Regina Hong
Singapore: National Library Board and Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2020.
About the Book
This evocative collection of more than 150 picture postcards offers a fascinating insight into Japanese society in Singapore in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Based on the Lim Shao Bin Collection of Japanese historical materials at the National Library Singapore, this important study illuminates new historical perspectives on the Japanese community as well as related subjects like tourism, war and empire in pre–World War II Singapore.