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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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261 x 198 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside down onto the town, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view of Ikaho, situated in central Honshu 11 miles north west of Maebashi. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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261 x 198 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside down onto the town, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view of Ikaho, situated in central Honshu 11 miles north west of Maebashi. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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

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240 x 195 mm. View looking along a path lined with stone images of the Buddha, with a stream at the right. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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263 x 208 mm. View inside the temple, with framed ideogram hanging from the row of columns running along the centre of the room. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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242 x 198 mm. View looking along the shore of Lake Biwa towards the town. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

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264 x 205 mm. Woodland scene in an ornamental garden, looking down on a small open sided pavilion supported on stone columns.

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242 x 188 mm. General view of the tomb, with stone steps leading up to the tomb of Ieyasa, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. In front of the metal sarcophagus is a group of animals cast in bronze. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of albums, containing captioned black and white photographs, taken by one, or more, people travelling in the same group. The albums form a photographic account of a six-month long touring holiday.Of the albums, the first ten are all of the same style and manufacture and each has an embossed title on the front. They follow the journey chronologically. The remaining two contain a smaller selection of images from the same journey, again in chronological order. They are...

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The prints listed were chiefly from the files of the Photo Bureau, the majority being mounted on sheets of paper with substantial descriptions, and in many cases the negative attached. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.

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A view showing the entrance gateway to a Japanese building, with curved roof and a statue in the foreground.

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A copy of a print by Ando Hiroshige showing a woman carrying produce along a country road through a river gorge.

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A copy of a seascape by Hiroshige with a mountainous coastline in the background.

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A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing travellers crossing a river.

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A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing a sea side village with a harbour and boats beyond.

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A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing a sea side village with a harbour and boats beyond.

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A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing a group of travellers, on horseback, sedan chair and on foot.

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A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing travellers crossing a river, with mountains in the distance.

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A copy of a print by Hiroshige showing travellers crossing a long wooden bridge, with mountains in the distance.