Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

Islands in the sea

16-a033314
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing islands in the sea. Reads "In Inland Sea."

Japanese medicine box

132-1-C-D-a041910
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Japanese medicine box on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to it has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.

Japanese medicine box

132-1-C-D-a041912
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Japanese medicine box on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to it has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.

Japanese medicine box

132-1-C-D-a041911
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Japanese medicine box on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to it has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.

Japanese medicine boxes

132-1-C-D-a041908
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Japanese medicine boxes on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to them has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.

Japanese medicine boxes

132-1-C-D-a041909
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Japanese medicine boxes on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to them has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.

Japanese medicine boxes

132-1-C-D-a041907
Item
[between January and May 1976]

Part of MOA General Media collection

Japanese medicine boxes on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to them has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.

Kabuki performance

16-a033383
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of nine kabuki performers and several audience members.

Kasamatsu [earthquake damage]

16-a033281
Item
[1891]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a field of debris from earthquake destruction in Kasamatsu, Japan. It is a copy of Plate XV in the book "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton.

Kenpo happu wo iwau kasō no hitobito (憲法発布を祝う仮装の人々/Celebrating the proclamation of the Meiji Constitution).

16-a033293
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing people dressed up as warriors for a parade celebrating the proclamation of the Meiji Constitution in 1889 in front of building in Tokyo. A label on the glass slide reads, "The Japanese Army of 100 Years Ago”, but this is not the accurate description of the scene.

Langmann Family Photograph collection

151
Collection
[186-?]-[191-?]

Collection consists of five albums of photos from Meiji period Japan including a few photos from Scotland, one album of photos from China, and two lacquer-framed photographs. It consists mostly of albumen hand-coloured Japanese photographs. These Japanese photographs belong to the genre known as souvenir photography or Yokohama photography. The subject of these photographs in this collection echoed those found in the Japanese ukiyo-e prints of the so-called “floating-world” of the late Edo Period, from around 1780 until the 1860s. The delicate hand colouring of the albumen silver prints is one of the characteristics of photographs of Japan from this period.

There were mainly two media to disseminate souvenir photos from Yokohama during Meiji period (1868 –1912): photo prints and lantern slides (see the James Davidson collection), but other materials were also used. These hand tinted photo prints were usually bound in albums with lacquer covers lavishly decorated in makie (蒔絵), a technique of applying adhesive metal such as gold and silver or colour powder in soft lacquer to create designs.

Large bell

16-a033354
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a large bell used for religious purposes. A ringer appears

Large bell

16-a033366
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a large bell. A figure wearing traditional clothing appears

Large ornate building with high stone foundation

16-a033336
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a large ornate building with high stone foundation. Possibly Castle of Nagoya. Roofs of other buildings appear in foreground. Possibly by photographer Kozaburo Tamamura