Japan (nation)
Found in 273 Collections and/or Records:
Ogi-goku - 'Mouth of Hell' - near Miyanoshita, 1870 - 1912
256 x 186 mm. View looking across mountainous country, with steam issuing from craters in the middleground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
On the journey, 1870 - 1900
150 x 150 mm (circular print, vignetted). Studio portrait of a man and woman setting out on a journey with two children.
[Onomichi], 1870 - 1889
261 x 206 mm. View looking down from a hillside onto a town, with a deep bay beyond, similar to Y3039A/48 and probably showing Onomichi.
Onomichi Inland Sea [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912
230 x 201 mm. Duplicate of Y3039A/48
Onomichi Island Sea, 1870 - 1889
246 x 205 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside looking down on the town of Onomichi, with the Hiuchi Sea beyond. The town is situated 43 miles east of Hiroshima.
Osaka [1890s] [Hand coloured], 1890 - 1899
248 x 192 mm. View looking along the Yodo River towards the town.
Otometoge to Fujiyama [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912
259 x 204 mm. View looking across a plain towards Mount Fuji, with two travellers posed in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Pagoda at Osaka [hand coloured], 1870 - 1920
188 x 219 mm. View showing a five storied pagoda in a courtyard in Osaka.
Pantomime uniform, Nikko, 1870 - 1889
265 x 207 mm. Showing four men posed on a stage in warrior costume.
Pappenberg Rock, Nagasaki, 1870 - 1920
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.
[Part of caption illegible] Nagasaki [1890s], 1890 - 1899
269 x 208 mm. View from a hillside looking towards the Pappenberg Rock, similar to Y302A/69.
Photographs of North Africa and Asia
A large album of albumen prints. The prints are of various sizes and by various photographers. The compiler of the album is not known. Captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Photographs of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, the United States and Africa
Pilgrims to Fuji, 1870 - 1912
242 x 186 mm. Studio portrait of pilgrims posed against a backdrop of trees. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Playing Koto, 1870 - 1889
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.
Playing: Samisen, Tsudzumi & Taiko, 1870 - 1889
254 x 208 mm. Showing three Japanese girls playing musical instruments. The studio props are the same as those seen in Y3039A/28.
Playing with music [sic] [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912
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.
Poole Memorial School before destruction by 1923 earthquake and typhoon, 1923
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
[Priest], 1870 - 1889
194 x 263 mm. Full length studio portrait showing a robed figure on his knees and holding up a tray containing two bottles.
Procession at consecration of Japanese Bishops, Tokyo, 1900 - 1930
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Railway station, Yokohama, 1870 - 1889
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.
Rain coats, 1870 - 1912
194 x 239 mm. Studio portrait of three figures dressed in rain coats made from grass. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
[Rapids], 1870 - 1889
265 x 208 mm. View looking up a series of rapids on an unidentified river, with woodland on either bank.
Rapids near Kioto [hand coloured], 1870 - 1912
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.
Refugees fleeing from Yokohama during 1923 earthquake and typhoon, 1923
Colour slide.