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Japan (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:

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Japanese girl, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E/30
Scope and Contents

Head and shoulders portrait of a girl, similarly posed to the preceding plate.

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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Japanese rickshaw, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E/26
Scope and Contents

Showing a European passenger being pulled through a Japanese street in a rickshaw. This corresponds to an image used in Norman, 'The real Japan' (1891), p. 239.

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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[Japanese shrine], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/6
Scope and Contents

190 x 255 mm. Showing a priest and young attendant posed in front of a hanging illustrated with a representation of the Buddha.

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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[Japanese woman], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/24
Scope and Contents

120 x 205 mm. (vignetted oval) Full length studio portrait of a Japanese woman with a parasol.

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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[Japanese woman], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/25
Scope and Contents

125 x 195 mm. (vignetted oval). Head and shoulders portrait of a young Japanese woman.

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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Japanese woman, 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302E/25
Scope and Contents

Full length study of a Japanese woman standing on a verandah, with a carved screen in the background.

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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Jinricksha, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/120
Scope and Contents

242 x 194 mm. Showing two girls seated in a rickshaw on a woodland path, with the rickshaw men posed in front and behind. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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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Jonas Lee inoculating a person affected by leprosy, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/52
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 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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Kairo, Nikko [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/154
Scope and Contents

242 x 194 mm. View through a doorway and across a courtyard to a further set of gates.
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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Karamon, Iyeyasu [Nikko], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/152
Scope and Contents

243 x 192 mm. View of the highly painted doorway and surround. 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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Kiga near Miyanoshita, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/126
Scope and Contents

241 x 194 mm. View looking down on the village, situated among wooded hills beside a small river. 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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Kikuya Tea House, Ufi, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/47
Scope and Contents

264 x 207 mm. View looking along the verandah of the tea house, with a woman seated with tea making implements in the foreground. Uji is a few miles south of Kyoto.

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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Kinkakiji Garden, Kioto, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/11
Scope and Contents

265 x 206 mm. View looking across the ornamental lake towards a three storey Golden Temple projecting from the farther bank.

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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Kinkakuji, Golden Temple, Kioto, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/110
Scope and Contents

269 x 209 mm. View looking across the lake towards the temple, also seen in Y3039A/11.

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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Kioto Rapids, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/9
Scope and Contents

263 x 208 mm. View looking down onto the river, with a flat-bottomed boat being hauled up the rapids.

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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Kirifuri Cascade, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/164
Scope and Contents

195 x 240 mm. General view of the waterfall. 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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Kofukuji in Nara, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/100
Scope and Contents

267 x 203 mm. View looking along a roadway towards a five storied pagoda (on a small hill in the right background.)

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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Kyoto Golden [Temple of the Golden Pavilion], 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/64
Scope and Contents

68 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1949
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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Large bill [sic for bell], Kamakura, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/52
Scope and Contents

200 x 265 mm. View showing a large bell supported beneath an open sided wooden structure with thatched roof. A man is posed in the act of striking the instrument with a log of wood strung on chains. See also Y3039A/54.

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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Letters of Captain Maurice A. Cameron, 1889-02-07 - 1892-02-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/37
Scope and Contents

These letters are largely a record of Cameron's domestic arrangements and social life, with some mention of his work inspecting or supervising the construction of roads, bridges, buildings, lighthouses, and the harbour and defences of Singapore. They also briefly describe his appointment as president of a commission set up in 1890-91 to advise upon the supply of labour. The letters from 1891 narrate a visit to China and Japan (circa 250 sheets).

Dates: 1889-02-07 - 1892-02-11
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this file must be viewed on microfilm reel 8229C.
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Main Street, Yokohama [1890s] [Hand coloured], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/66
Scope and Contents

248 x 192 mm General view along the tree lined street.

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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Maples (Autumn), 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/146
Scope and Contents

242 x 194 mm. Duplicate in monochrome of Y302A/115. 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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Maples (Autumn) [hand coloured], 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/115
Scope and Contents

237 x 189 mm. View showing a river running through a maple wood, with a small wooden bridge in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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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Members of the Kingdom of God Movement, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/47
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 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).
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Memoir: Mark Elliott, 2021

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 207
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2021
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.