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Japan (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:

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Pagoda at Osaka [hand coloured], 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/98
Scope and Contents

188 x 219 mm. View showing a five storied pagoda in a courtyard in Osaka.

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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Pantomime uniform, Nikko, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/21
Scope and Contents

265 x 207 mm. Showing four men posed on a stage in warrior costume.

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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Pappenberg Rock, Nagasaki, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/97
Scope and Contents

241 x 191 mm. View from a hillside looking down onto a river, with the island of Pappenberg (faded in this print) in the distance. Pappenberg is associated with the stamping out of Christianity in the Japanese empire during the seventeenth century.

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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[Part of caption illegible] Nagasaki [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/71
Scope and Contents

269 x 208 mm. View from a hillside looking towards the Pappenberg Rock, similar to Y302A/69.

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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Pilgrims to Fuji, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/157
Scope and Contents

242 x 186 mm. Studio portrait of pilgrims posed against a backdrop of trees. 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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Playing Koto, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/31
Scope and Contents

264 x 208 mm. Studio portrait of a Japanese girl playing the Koto, a thirteen stringed instrument played with both hands. The sounding board is a long length of wood laid horizontally on the ground, each string having its own individual bridge for tuning.

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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Playing: Samisen, Tsudzumi & Taiko, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/30
Scope and Contents

254 x 208 mm. Showing three Japanese girls playing musical instruments. The studio props are the same as those seen in Y3039A/28.

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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Playing with music [sic] [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/165
Scope and Contents

260 x 203 mm. Studio portrait of four Japanese girls playing musical instruments. The girl at the left is playing the Koto (see Y3030A/31). 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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Poole Memorial School before destruction by 1923 earthquake and typhoon, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/37
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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[Priest], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/27
Scope and Contents

194 x 263 mm. Full length studio portrait showing a robed figure on his knees and holding up a tray containing two bottles.

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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Procession at consecration of Japanese Bishops, Tokyo, 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/48
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

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).
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Railway station, Yokohama, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/60
Scope and Contents

265 x 208 mm. View looking across a bridge towards the railway station, situated in the northern section of the city at the intersection of two canals.

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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Rain coats, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/163
Scope and Contents

194 x 239 mm. Studio portrait of three figures dressed in rain coats made from grass. 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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[Rapids], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/17
Scope and Contents

265 x 208 mm. View looking up a series of rapids on an unidentified river, with woodland on either 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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Rapids near Kioto [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/113
Scope and Contents

242 x 191 mm. View looking up the rapids, with a flat-bottomed boat on the 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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Refugees fleeing from Yokohama during 1923 earthquake and typhoon, 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/31
Scope and Contents

Colour slide.

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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Rev. Heber J. Hamilton of Canadian CMS distributing tracts at Ichinomiya, 1900 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/26
Scope and Contents

In 1912 Hamilton became the first Bishop of the Diocese of mid-Japan



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).
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Rev. M.S. Murao, Professor at the Central Theological College, Ikebukuru, during 1920-1936, and a leader in newspaper evangelism, 1920 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/61
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 1920 - 1936
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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[River scene], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/3
Scope and Contents

261 x 208 mm. View from the bank of an unidentified river looking towards a group of young women posed on a wooden pleasure boat. A man is seated in the shade of the small cabin compartment.

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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[River scene], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/16
Scope and Contents

264 x 206 mm. View looking up an unidentified river, with wooded hills on either side.

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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Road to Hakone, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/173
Scope and Contents

194 x 226 mm. View from the paved road looking over wooded mountains.

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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[Roadside statue], 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A/51
Scope and Contents

205 x 268 mm. Full length study of a stone statue at a roadside (or in a cemetery), draped with pieces of cloth.

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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Rt. Rev. Arthur Lea (1868-1958) Canadian CMS Missionary in Japan from 1877, Bishop of Kyusha, 1900-1935, seen here preaching from a motor car, 1920 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/27
Scope and Contents

Colour slide.

Dates: 1920 - 1940
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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Rt. Rev. Arthur Lea (1868-1958) Canadian CMS Missionary in Japan from 1877, Bishop of Kyusha, 1900-1935, seen here preaching from a motor car, 1920 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/28
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 1920 - 1940
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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Rt. Rev. J.S. Motoda, Bishop of Tokyo 1923-1928, 1923 - 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 35/55
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 1923 - 1928
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).