Audrey and Harry Hawthorn Library and Archives

16-a033368
Item
[ca. 1895]

Item is a photograph of a geisha wearing traditional clothing playing a shamisen. Possibly by photographer Tamamura Kozaburo

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.

The Nippon-bashi and Mitsukoshi

16-a033285
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Photograph of the Nippon-bashi and Mitsukoshi (日本橋と呉服店三越/Mitsukoshi department store and Nihonbashi bridge) from Tokyo Meisho (東京名所/Views of Tokyo).

Houses at Biwajima ruined by earthquake

16-a033276
Item
[1891]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a copy of Plate I: Biwajima in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton.

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.

Temple with multiple figures

16-a033292
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a temple. Many figures and trees appear.

Bridge over water

16-a033300
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a bridge over water with people on it and under it.

Woman and two children kneeling in front of screens

16-a033307
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a woman and two children kneeling in front of screens. They are wearing ceremonial dress. Possibly by photographer Ogawa Kazumasa

Road flanked by trees

16-a033317
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a road flanked by trees. Reads, "Imaichi Road at Nikko."

Two women in a field of tall flowers

16-a033319
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of two women standing in a field of tall flowers. They are wearing traditional dress.

Wisteria vine at Kameido Tenjin shrine, Tokyo

16-a033323
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing people on the taiko-bashi (drum bridge) over the Shinji-ike pond and wisteria in full bloom at Kameido Tenjin shrine in Tokyo. This is one of the many photographs from this period, which were patterned after ukiyo-e woodblock prints. This photograph follows a 1865 print, Inside Kameido Tenshin Shrine by Hiroshige Ando and others.

Tamamura Kōzaburō (玉村康三郎)