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Photograph of a Black Japanese bull, 4 as 5 years old and weighing 1090 lbs standing in a lane with a man holding its rope lead in the early 20th century.

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The material consists of a box of data and reports from observatories and stations from the following locations: Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Berne, Cape of Good Hope, Clyde, Delhi, France (Fribourg, Dakar), Freiburg, Geneva, Hamburg, Japan, Kerguelen. The first page is markked 'Mrs T' [Turnbull]. It is dated 1949-1965.

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Photograph of a flock of ewes of various breeds grazing in a field in Nasu, Japan in the early 20th century.

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Photograph of a group of geishas sitting and standing in a courtyard in the early 20th century, Japan.

Scope and Contents This is a guide on how a samurai gets dressed with 21 hand drawn and coloured illustrations on fine paper, dating from 1721, reading right to left. Each drawing is accompanied by poems and descriptions in Japanese calligraphy. The book commences with a man putting on underwear ('fundoshi'), followed by step-by-step pictures of him adding more and more items of clothing and armour, ending with a complete suit of samurai chain kusari gosok armour. This sequence...

Scope and Contents A manuscript document written in 1828 declaring the religious Innocence of a Japanese family comprised of eleven people (six women and five men). Christianity was banned in Japan in 1612 by the Tokugawa shogunate, and the ban was only lifted in 1873 under the government of Emperor Meiji, who had gained power following the opening of Japan to trade by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854. Until the lift of the ban, Japanese citizens were required to register annually at their local temple as...

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Photograph of a man named, Jim, who was the Prince [Edward]'s Japanese cook standing in front of a house on the E. P. Ranch in [Alberta, Canada] in the early 20th century.