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Japan (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:

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[Fishing scene], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/53
Scope and Contents

263 x 205 mm. Showing a Japanese man fishing in the sea at the base of a cliff, with a large cave in the background. Location unidentified.

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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Foundation remains of St. Timothy’s Church, Tokyo, after 1923 earthquake and typhoon, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/41
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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Fuji from Yoshiwara, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/123
Scope and Contents

242 x 194 mm. View looking towards Mount Fuji, with a river 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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Fuji-Yama [hand coloured], 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/124
Scope and Contents

240 x 192 mm. View of Mount Fuji, with a small sailing boat on the stretch of water 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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Fujiyama from Hakone Village [hand coloured], 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/176
Scope and Contents

262 x 206 mm. View looking across Hakone Lake towards Mount Fuji, with the village of Hakone in the foreground.

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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Fujiyama from Omiya Village [hand coloured], 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/181
Scope and Contents

264 x 206 mm. View looking along the river towards the village, with Mount Fuji in the distance.

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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[Gamblers], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/13
Scope and Contents

266 x 206 mm. Showing a group of five peasant men squatting round a reed mat on which are coins and a die. One of the figures holds a wooden cup, in the pose of someone who has just thrown the die.

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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General view of Tokio, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/55
Scope and Contents

268 x 207 mm Duplicate of Y3077C/54.

Dates: 1880 - 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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General view of Tokio [1880s-90s], 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/54
Scope and Contents

270 x 209 mm. View looking over the rooftops.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Geographical, 1942 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC/E
Scope and Contents Arranged by area, then by country (including a few which are not members of the Commonwealth):The Mediterranean 30Cyprus 11Gibraltar 3Malta 16Middle East 3Jordan 1Palestine 2Indian Sub-Continent 81General 1Bangladesh 4Bhutan 2India 51Nepal 1Pakistan 16Sri Lanka 6South East Asia 58Brunei 5Indonesia 1Malaysia 43Singapore 9East Asia 33China 3Hong Kong 29Korea ...
Dates: 1942 - 1980
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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Girl in winter costume, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/2
Scope and Contents

125 x 195 mm. (vignetted oval). Full length portrait of a young woman in winter clothes.

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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Girman [sic] Club, Yokohama, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/35
Scope and Contents

262 x 203 mm. View looking along The Bluff, with the Club Germania in the left foreground, a two storied building with a porte cochere and balcony. The building beyond, with the clock tower, is probably the Town Hall.

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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Grand Hotel, Yokohama [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/70
Scope and Contents

271 x 209 mm. View looking along the Bund at Yokohama, with the Grand Hotel at the right. The two storey brick building with wooden verandahs on both floors occupied the south eastern corner of the Yokohama waterfront.

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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Group of children [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/105
Scope and Contents

262 x 203 mm. Full length studio portrait of five children with their mother. 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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[Group of Japanese girls], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/4
Scope and Contents

175 x 230 mm. Full length studio portrait of three girls in kimonos posed against a backdrop of Mount Fuji.

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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Hakodate [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/75
Scope and Contents

270 x 206 mm. View looking over the rooftops of Hakodate towards the harbour.

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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Hakone, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/172
Scope and Contents

240 x 193 mm. View of a street of small thatched houses in Hakone, 9 miles WSW of Odawara. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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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Hakone Lake, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/174
Scope and Contents

269 x 189 mm. View looking towards the lake, with a torii, the freestanding entrance arch to a Buddhist shrine, in the foreground.

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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Handa River, Maibashi, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/166
Scope and Contents

268 x 207 mm. View looking across a bridge of boats stretching across the river.

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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Hong Kong, China and Japan, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/183-249
Scope and Contents

Slides 237-244 are copies of prints by Hiroshige.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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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Honmoku, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/44
Scope and Contents

266 x 207 mm. View showing part of the Shinto Temple in the foreground, with figures gathered round the tori (free standing gateway) beyond, and the sea in the background.

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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Honmoku, near Yokohama, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/43
Scope and Contents

264 x 205 mm. Seaside view, with fishermen posed in the act of launching their boat in the foreground and the cottages of the village beyond.

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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Honmura [sic for Homura], Yokohama, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/38
Scope and Contents

265 x 205 mm. View looking along a street in the Homura District of Yokohama, situated on the southern side of the main canal.

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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Hot springs at Atami, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/177
Scope and Contents

241 x 192 mm. View looking down onto the town, with Sagami Bay beyond and steam from the hot springs rising in the foreground. Photographs 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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(Hot Water River) Yasawa, Ikao [Ikaho] [hand coloured], 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/169
Scope and Contents

262 x 207 mm. View looking down onto a small river running between wooded hills.

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).