アーカイブ ARCHIVE

The Greater East Asia archive collects primary source documents, policy declarations, and diplomatic correspondence from the period of 1930–1945. Each document has been digitized from original microfilm holdings and indexed for cross-reference with the timeline and map systems.

This collection represents fragments of a complex historical period — neither celebrating nor condemning, but preserving the documentary record in its original context. Every pixel of data is placed with intention.

年表 TIMELINE
1931.09 Mukden Incident — Beginning of Japanese expansion in Manchuria
1937.07 Marco Polo Bridge Incident — Full-scale conflict in China begins
1940.09 Tripartite Pact signed — Formal Axis alliance established
1941.12 Pacific War begins — Attack on Pearl Harbor and Southeast Asian campaigns
1942.02 Fall of Singapore — Largest British surrender in history
1943.11 Greater East Asia Conference convened in Tokyo
1945.08 Surrender of Japan — End of the Greater East Asia conflict
地図 MAPS
MANCHURIA
PACIFIC ISLANDS
SOUTHEAST ASIA

Pixel map fragments representing regions within the Greater East Asia sphere. Click to explore territorial changes across the timeline.

文書 DOCUMENTS
DOC-001 Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Declaration 1940 POLICY
DOC-002 Joint Declaration of the Greater East Asia Conference 1943 DIPLOMATIC
DOC-003 Imperial Rescript on the Termination of War 1945 OFFICIAL
DOC-004 Records of the Ministry of Greater East Asia 1942–1945 ARCHIVE
概要 ABOUT

daitoua.quest is a digital archive interface built in the aesthetic language of late-1980s Japanese home computing. This project presents historical documents and research materials related to the Greater East Asia concept (大東亜, Daitōa) through a pixel-art archival experience.

This is not a celebration or condemnation — it is an archive. Every dot is placed with intention. Every document preserved in its original context.

SYSTEM: DAITOUA QUEST ARCHIVE v1.0 FORMAT: HTML/CSS/JS PIXEL INTERFACE STATUS: ACTIVE