Japanese medicine boxes on display in visible storage in the Museum of Anthropology. The placard next to them has identification numbers for Pueblo pottery.
Display for the Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Possibly for Japanese and Chinese history exhibit that may have been in place between 1967 and 1969. Shows several Japanese panels of birds, plants, and flowers.
Display for the Museum of Anthropology. Uncertain relation to exhibits. Possibly for Japanese and Chinese history exhibit that may have been in place between 1967 and 1969. Shows Jomon and Haniwa pottery and figures.
Display for the exhibit "Japanese Culture and Art." Shows masks, prints, photographs, and costumes of Kabuki and Noh theatre. This exhibit was done on the arrival of materials collected by Dr. Ronald Dore of the department of Asian Studies who directed the installation of this exhibit.
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.
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.
Display for the exhibit "Japanese Culture and Art." Shows examples of lacquer works as well as figurines, a kimono, and various other items. This exhibit was done on the arrival of materials collected by Dr. Ronald Dore of the department of Asian Studies who directed the installation of this exhibit.
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.
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
Item is a photograph of a moonlight scene. Two people and a tree appear. Reads, "Moon light scene at Maiko Beach." Possibly by photographer Kozaburo Tamamura