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Photo
The Re-Envisioning Japan Research Collection includes objects representing a wide range of photographic formats and photochemical processes. These include vividly painted glass lantern slides; color and black and white stereographs (also known as stereoviews); personal, commercial, and commemorative souvenir photo albums; albumen photographs made specifically for the tourist trade; small, boxed sets of souvenir photographs; and View Master slides. We are currently in the process of systematically adding these objects to this site. Please check back regularly for new items.
Administrative Note
o-20220805:5468
Condition
The support paper of the photograph is slightly yellowed, but the image is otherwise in good condition.
Color
Color or B/W
Color
Curatorial Note
The object represents a typical album that travelers to Japan might buy, including both generic and personal photographs.
Caption
17 Ricksha Yokohama
Series Note
Part of a set of three pages and one loose photograph from the same album.
Subtype
Photograph
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Japan Album
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Photo
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1697_4
Description
An account of the resource
A loose photograph from an English and German language photograph album. The hand-colored image is of a man in Western clothing in a rickshaw.
Relation
A related resource
1697_1, 1697_2, 1697_3
Language
A language of the resource
German
Album
hand coloring
photograph
rickshaw
Yokohama
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3D Objects
Color
Color or B/W
Color and B/W
Condition
Good condition. Slight wrinkles on some pages.
Decade
1910s
Era
Taishō Period
Caption
(On a page under a receipt of telegram): "Telegram";
(On a page under a photo of a Japanese women): "A Japanese Bride"
Material Note
The cover and back of the scrapbook was made of thick cardboard-paper, with metal edges on each corner for protection purpose. The pages of the scrapbook were made of rough, yellow, hard paper. The binding of the scrapbook is made of metal.
Object Note
There are written English captions under several items, so this scrapbook is assumed to be formerly collected by an English speaker.
Printed Text Language
(on the items of the scrapbook): Japanese, English;
(on the side of the scrapbook): English.
Curatorial Note
The envelops and telegram receipts have been sent to the Shirakuma (白熊) family in Osaka, with stamps of dates vary around 1910s.
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
[Scrapbook]
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Weichen Yao, Mian Sun, Evan Lea
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
This content has been posted for educational purposes. If you hold the copyright for this item, please contact the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Rochester.
Language
A language of the resource
Japanese, English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Scrapbook
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
#1764
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
[1910s]
Subject
The topic of the resource
Postcards, stamps, envelops, cloth cuts, etc. of Japan.
Description
An account of the resource
A scrapbook with various items including: circulated letter envelopes, telegram receipt (dated 3/24/1913), cloth cuts from Japanese-style clothing, circulated stamps, circulated postcards, cutoffs from newspapers/magazines, etc.
photograph
scrapbook
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3D Objects
Caption
(On front of page, in English): Karl here, there and everywhere! (On back of page, translated from German, from top left): Wall and water around the Imperial Palace in in Tokyo. Torii in Kamakura; Fisherman; Priest
Color
Color or B/W
Color and B/W
Condition
Object is a loose page from an album. All of the photographs have some fading. The album page itself has a small tear on one edge.
Curatorial Note
The object represents a typical album travelers to Japan would buy, with both generic photographs and personal photographs included
Era
Early 20th century
Series Note
Part of a set of three pages and one loose photograph from the same album.
Subtype
Album page
Transcription
Any written text transcribed from a sound
(On front of page, in English): Karl here, there and everywhere!
(On back of page, in German, from top left): Mauer und Wasser um den Imperal Palast I'm Tokio (sic)
Torii im Kamakura
Fischer
Priester
Provenance Collection
REJ Research Collection
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Japan Album
Description
An account of the resource
A page from a German and English language photograph album of sights in Japan. The front of the page features two images, the top photograph with hand coloring. The back of the page features four photographs from various locations.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Erin Gavin
Relation
A related resource
1697_1, 1697_2, 1697_4
Language
A language of the resource
German, English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Album page
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1697_3
Album
fisherman
hand coloring
Kamakura
photograph
priest
Tokyo
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3D Objects
Alternate Title
Seto Inland Sea
Caption
(On front of page, translated from German): In the land of the Rising Sun. Seto Naikai. (On back of page, in English, from top to bottom): Four Japanese Ladies, Nikko;
Say it with flowers; Theater street in Kyoto.
Color
Color or B/W
Color and B/W
Condition
Object is a loose page from an album. The images on both sides of the page show some yellowing and fading, as well as some silver mirroring. The hand coloring on the images is still in good condition however.
Curatorial Note
The object represents a typical album travelers to Japan would buy, with both generic photographs and personal photographs included.
Era
Early 20th century
Graphic Description
The front of the page features three images of the Seto Inland Sea, with the two lower images hand colored. All three feature sailboats with some form of landmass in the background. The three images on the back are a bit more varied, focusing on scenes of Japanese people. The middle image is vibrantly hand colored.
Series Note
Part of a set of three pages and one loose photograph from the same album.
Transcription
Any written text transcribed from a sound
(On front of page, German): Im Lande der Aufgehenden Sonne. Seto Naiko (sic). (On back of page, English): Four Japanese Ladies, Nikko. Say it with flowers. Theater street in Kyoto.
Provenance Collection
REJ Research Collection
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Japan Album
Description
An account of the resource
A page from a German and English language photograph album of sights in Japan. The front features three images of the Seto Inland Sea. The back features three images from Nikko and Kyoto.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Erin Gavin
Relation
A related resource
1697_1, 1697_3, 1697_4
Language
A language of the resource
German, English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Album page
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1697_2
Album
hand coloring
Kyoto
Nikko
photograph
Seto Inland Sea
Seto Naikai
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3D Objects
Caption
Japan, the land of a thousand temples, the land of flowers, Geishas and Rickshaws. (Translated from original German caption)
Color
Color or B/W
Color and B/W
Condition
Object is a loose page separated from album. The red paint used to write "Japan" on the front is beginning to crack in some areas. The photograph of the Buddha is in good condition, with only slight yellowing.
Curatorial Note
The object represents a typical album travelers to Japan would buy, with both generic photographs and personal photographs included.
Era
Early 20th century
Graphic Description
The illustration on the front of the page features a stylized Japanese sailboat in mainly reds, white, and gold paint. The photograph attached to the back of the page is a black and white gelatin silver print of a statue of the Buddha.
Series Note
Part of a set of three pages and one loose photograph from the same album.
Subtype
Album page
Transcription
Any written text transcribed from a sound
Japan das Land der tausend Tempel, das Land der Blumen der Geishas und der Rickshas.
Provenance Collection
REJ Research Collection
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Japan Album
Description
An account of the resource
One page, presumably the first page, of a German and English language photographic album of sights in Japan. The front features an illustrated sailboat with the kanji for Japan, as well as "Japan" in English in a stylized font. The back of the page holds a photograph of a Buddha statue with a handwritten caption in German.
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Erin Gavin
Language
A language of the resource
German, English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Album page
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
1697_1
Relation
A related resource
1697_2, 1697C_3 1697_4
Album
boat
Buddha
photograph