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Japan (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 251 Collections and/or Records:

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1923 earthquake and typhoon: barrack dwellings after earthquake, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/29
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Japanese belle - another picture in Real Japan, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E/29
Scope and Contents

Head and shoulders portrait of a girl posed against a background of leaves. This is similar to the illustration in Norman, 'The real Japan' (1891), p. 177.

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Japanese garden, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E/28
Scope and Contents

View looking across an ornamental lake towards pavilions and houses.

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Mousme [hand coloured], 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/147
Scope and Contents

205 x 232 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Japanese girl examining her hairstyle with the aid of two mirrors. A mousme is an unmarried Japanese girl, a term particularly applied to a tea girl or waitress.

Dates: 1870 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Africa and Asia, 1914 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 22
Scope and Contents

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated from 1937.

Dates: 1914 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Africa, Asia and the Middle East, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19
Scope and Contents

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Areas of Tokyo devastated by 1923 earthquake and typhoon, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/40
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

Dates: 1923
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Asaka Pagoda, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/145
Scope and Contents

194 x 243 mm. General view of the pagoda, with smaller houses in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Atago Yama Tokio, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/134
Scope and Contents

269 x 209 mm. View from a terrace looking out across Tokyo. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Band [Bund] of Kobe [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/72
Scope and Contents

270 x 207 mm. View looking along the waterfront at Kobe, with buildings in European style on the right and the Hiogo Hotel in the foreground.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Band [Bund] of Kobe [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/73
Scope and Contents

270 x 210 mm. Duplicate of Y3077C/72.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Benten Dori, Yokohama, 1870 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/39
Scope and Contents

254 x 206 mm. View looking along Benten Dori Street, situated in the quarters between Minami Naka Dori and Ota Machi.

Dates: 1870 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Birds of the view [sic] at Higashiyarna, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/106
Scope and Contents

527 x 204 mm., (two prints joined). Panoramic view of Kioto.

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Bishop Poole Girls School, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/40
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Biwa Lake from Ishiyama, 1870 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/64
Scope and Contents

261 x 203 mm. View looking down onto Biwa Lake from the balcony of house. The 40 mile long lake is in South Honshu a few miles north east of Kyoto.

Dates: 1870 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Biwa Lake from Ishiyama, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/116
Scope and Contents

271 x 206 mm. Duplicate of Y3039A/64.

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Biwa Lake from Miidera, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/117
Scope and Contents

269 x 209 mm. View looking out over the lake with the town on the shore in the foreground.

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Blind shampooer, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/10
Scope and Contents

263 x 207 mm. Showing a girl lying on her side on the floor, with the shampooer (masseur) kneeling beside her with his hands resting on her leg.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Bluff Garden, Yokohama, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/57
Scope and Contents

265 x 207 mm. View looking down onto the tennis courts in the Bluff gardens in the southern part of Yokohama.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Bronze portal, Nikko, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/150
Scope and Contents

269 x 201 mm. View looking towards the torii, or free standing entrance arch, with the Shinto temple beyond. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Buddhist priests [hand coloured], 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/156
Scope and Contents

188 x 204 mm. Full length studio portrait of two Buddhist priests in their robes. Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1870 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Canal, Yokohama, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/46
Scope and Contents

265 x 206 mm. View looking along the canal towards the town in the distance, with a small settlement of houses in the foreground.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Candle Rock, Haruna, near Ikao [Ikaho], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/170
Scope and Contents

194 x 242 mm. View of the conical Candle Rock, with a small open sided pavilion in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Carved figures over temple gate], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/18
Scope and Contents

265 x 205 mm. Showing a group of three carved figures above the lintel of the entrance of the unidentified temple seen in Y3039A/19.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Central Theological College, Ikebukuru, Tokyo, 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/49
Scope and Contents

Colour.

Dates: 1900 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).