Japan
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Black Japanese Bull, 4 as 5 Years, 1090 lbs, 1870s-1930s
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.
Catalogue presenting 198 different mounted fabric silk samples, Kyoto, Japan
Album/Catalogue with board covers in purple soft fabric with Japanese script which may once have been gilded. The album contains 198 mounted and different silk samples in various colours or shades.
Collection of Admiral Henry Craven St John
Correspondence regarding arrangements for attendance at the International Symposium on Enzyme Chemistry, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, 16-23 October 1957, 1956-1957
The material consists of correspondence with Martin Rivers Pollock regarding arrangements for attendance at the International Symposium on Enzyme Chemistry, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, 16-23 October 1957. It also includes Pollock's application for funding for visits in the USA.
Data and reports from observatories and stations at multiple locations, 1949-1965
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.
Diaries of Sheena Tennant Kendall and Herbert Moorhouse Kendall written while in Japan and describing the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
Ewes - All Kinds from Nasu, Japan, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a flock of ewes of various breeds grazing in a field in Nasu, Japan in the early 20th century.
Geisha Girls, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of a group of geishas sitting and standing in a courtyard in the early 20th century, Japan.
Ikebana manuscripts compiled by Yamanaka Chuzaemon entitled 'Shinsen Heika Zui' (New Selection of Illustrated Flower Arrangement)
Two volumes comprising 52 leaves with 100 water-colour illustrations (three double-pages) with captions in Japanese. One page of Japanese text at the end of volume two. The illustrations are finely drawn and painted in delicate colours, all well preserved, and depict 100 flower arrangements of Ikenobo rikka style. Two different kinds are mentioned; Rokkakudo and Takada Anryubo. These volumes are read from right to left.