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Kawaraban : Yokohama yūjomachi
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Gokakoku on kōeba
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Black and white woodblock printe or kawaraban, showing the opening of the foreign trading posts in Yokohama. Foreign vessles or "black ships" are depicted in the harbor. A detailed town plan shows Yokohama village (橫濱村)on the left and includes places like Haneda, Ōmori, Kawasaki, Kanagawa along Tōkaidō on the right. Listed at the right are the names of the five countries, United States, Russia, England, France and the Netherlands, permitted to trade. The names of the six Japanese 奉行 or Bugyōs, often translated as commissioner or magistrate, are listed on right together with their family crests. Of these Bugyōs, five were commissioners who were in charge of trade and diplomatic relations and bearing the title 國御奉行[Gaikoku onbugyo], and the sixth is titled 御軍艦奉行[On gunkan bugyo] a commissioner of warships. The map shows a government organisation called 御運上所[On unjōsho] located next to the residence of foreigners. This organisation functioned as the tax office, a customs office, and also dealt with import/export trade.
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Gokakoku on kōeba
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"Black and white kawaraban or newsletter showing the newly-established foreign trading post at Yokohama (Kanagawa) in 1859. The shoreline extending from Kanagawa to Kawasaki is shown at the bottom of the print, with western and Japanese ships in the bay, while the central sections show the residences of foreign merchants, the wharf, and offices of Japanese officials. Buildings are depicted in detail, with miniature human figures in the streets and on the decks of ships. A small inset section at the top left of the print provides a schematic map of the foreigners' quarters. The names of the officials responsible for negotiations with the foreigners is given in the bottom right quarter of the image, together with their clan crests. Names of the five countries permitted to trade; United States, Russia, England, France and the Netherlands, are listed along the right edge. The names of Japanese imperial officials responsible dealing with the foreign trade are listed. The names of seven Japanese 奉行 Bugyō's, often translated as commissioner or magistrate, are listed on the right. Of these men, five were commissioners who were in charge of trade and diplomatic relations titled 外國御奉行[Gaikoku on bugyō], another carries the title 御軍艦奉行[Go gunkan bugyō] a commissioner of warships and the seventh 神奈川御奉行 [Kanagawa on Bugyō] was an overseer of the port of Kanagawa. The town plan shows a government organisation called 御運上所[On unjōsho] located next to the residence of foreigners. This organisation functioned as the tax office, a customs office, and also dealt with import/export trade. This kawaraban also shows the relative sizes of Yokohama's roads for example the widths of the main commercial road, back roads and a new road are all given."
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Gokakoku on kōeba
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Black and white kawaraban or Japanese early modern newsheet showing a map of the newly opened trading post at Yokohama (Kanagawa) and the Tōkaidō highway running through Kanagawa. The trading post, the meeting place where negotiations were conducted, and the buildings used by Japanese officials are shown in schematic form. The bay is shown as filled with small Japanese craft interspersed with a few large western sailing ships. At the upper middle section there is a list of the key officials responsible for negotiations with the foreigners, with their clan crests. Names of the five countries, United States, Russia, England, France and the Netherlands, permitted to trade are listed along the right edge. The names of the six Japanese 奉行 or Bugyōs, often translated as commissioner or magistrate, are listed on right together with their family crests. Of these Bugyōs, five were commissioners who were in charge of trade and diplomatic relations and bearing the title 國御奉行[Gaikoku onbugyo], and the sixth is titled 御軍艦奉行[On gunkan bugyo] a commissioner of warships. The map shows a government organisation called 御運上所[On unjōsho] located next to the residence of foreigners. This organisation functioned as the tax office, a customs office, and also managed imports and exports.
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[Albums of hand colored plates of illustrations of Yokohama Nursery catalogs]
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Four volumes containing hand-colored plates of iris, magnolia, bamboo, and camellia issued as Yokohama Nursery catalogs. The Yokohama Nursery was founded in 1890 in the city of Yokohama, Japan. It rapidly gained an international reputation for modern horticultural practices and expanded its business network to various overseas markets. In 1912, they shipped out cherry saplings that were planted alongside the Potomac River in Washington D.C. The volumes for bamboo, camellia and magnolia have numbered lists of the images. The first catalog for Iris Kaempferi appeared in 1890.
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Shinchō Nankinjin no zu
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Black and white image of Chinese man from Nanjing in the Quing Dynasty. Accompanied by extensive text which is divided into three sections. Two sections list the menu for a pleasure house in Yokohama, giving names of dishes with clear Dutch linguistic influences, for example "Hasuteisoppu" for a soup dish. The text which accompanies the Chinese man identifies him as a native of Yangzhejiang 揚折江, Nanjing, named Rin Hōchū 林鳳忠 [Lin Fengzhong in Chinese], aged forty-one. Dates from the late Edo period. The Yokohama pleasure district was opened in 1859.
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Circulation Department rate increase
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Approx. 40 items - letters, reports and memos. Notable subjects and items include: circulation price increases ; street sale price increases ; (Southern California) Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. ; letters to a number of grocery store chains announcing pricing adjustments.
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