Group of people outside a building
- 16-a033388
- Item
- [ca. 1895]
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of seven people outside a building. Reads, "A COUNTRY HOUSE."
Group of people outside a building
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of seven people outside a building. Reads, "A COUNTRY HOUSE."
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of irises in front of a building. Reads, "IRIS GARDEN AT KIOTO (sic)."
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of a bridge over water. Some buildings appear in the background. Reads, "KINTAIKYO BRIDGE NEAR INLAND SEA."
Two people with packs walking down road near buildings
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph two people with packs walking down road near buildings. A mountain appears in the background. Reads, "PILGRIMS."
The Kimbei studio on Honchō-dōri, Yokohama
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of a street scene with Kusakabe Kimbei’s studio on No. 7 Honchō-dōri in Yohohama, Japan, which he opened in 1880. The original title provided by Davidson was “Street scene with photo studio sign”.
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The thousand armed Kannon, Sanjūsangen-dō, Kyoto
Parte deJames Davidson collection
: Item is a photograph of rows of the thousand armed Kannon or Bodhisattva figures at the Sanjūsangen-dō, a Buddhist temple officially known as Rengeō-in (Hall of the Lotus King) in Kyoto, Japan. This temple was a popular subject, and several photographers of the time took similar photos.
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Wisteria vine at Kameido Tenjin shrine, Tokyo
Parte deJames 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.
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Woman holding parasol outside in snow
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of a woman holding an umbrella outside in the snow. The photo is attributed to Tamamura Kōzaburō.
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Parte deJames Davidson collection
This image is featured in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891"
by John Milne and W.K. Burton with 29 Plates by K. Ogawa, 1st Edition (ca 1892). It is plate IX from the book.
Houses at Biwajima ruined by earthquake
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a copy of Plate I: Biwajima in "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton.
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a copy of Plate III in the book "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton.
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph showing earthquake destruction in the Neo Valley. A jutting roof appears in the foreground. Photographed by Mr. K. Kimbei of Yokohama
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a copy of Plate VI in the book "The Great Earthquake of Japan, 1891" by John Milne and W.K. Burton, showing the Nagoya Spinning Mill in Japan, after 1891 earthquake.
Earthquake destruction and dead body
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph showing earthquake destruction. Two men are standing by a dead body.
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph of a rooftop view of a village, showing buildings and street. Reads, "HAKONE VILLAGE."
Tokyo Sakurada-mon no yuki (東京桜田門の雪/Snow at the Sakurada-mon, Tokyo)
Parte deJames Davidson collection
Item is a photograph showing a stone building in a snowy scene.
Image was featured in the publication Jinzan Chisuichō (仁山智水帖), published by Mitsumura Shashinbu (光村写真部), 1902.
The Nippon-bashi and Mitsukoshi
Parte deJames 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).
Parte deJames 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.
Ginza street with trolleys, Tokyo
Parte deJames Davidson collection
View of Ginza Main Street in Tokyo, looking north towards 3-chōme and 4-chōme, circa 1910, from atop the Hattori Clock Tower. Note the Kyōya Clock Co. Ginza clock tower and the Iwaya Shōkai tobacco store on the right