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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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[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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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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S. S. "Malolo" around Pacific cruise 1929 : Japan itineraries and sightseeing program
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[6] p. of advertisements at back of book. Cover illustration. "O'Dell's service bureau, Yamashita-cho, Yokohama, Japan"--p. [ii]. "2.03"--stamped, orange ink, p. 1, p. 4, p. 6, p. 7, & p. 10. Itineraries for cruise to Japan; including lists of attractions and local advertisements. Focus of item: Malolo.
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Biblia pauperum
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Block book. Leaves printed on one side only. Printed in brown ink. Huntington Library copy is [6] leaves: leaf A from edition VIII ([Netherlands or Lower Rhine, about 1463-1468]) and leaves b, g, h, i and m from edition III. Leaves have suffered moisture damage and faded ink. Binding: quarter leather over beech boards.
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Fukushō Kihadashisu Anan no zu
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Black and white kawaraban, dating from probably the 1850s, depicts a figure who resembles other portraits of members of Perry's mission to Japan. The term used to describe his position is the Japanese equivalent of "Imperial Commissioner" - an expression originally used to designate emissaries from the Chinese imperial court, but also applied to senior members of the Perry mission. The name "Kihadansu Anan" does not correspond to the name of any members of the mission, but may be an misreading of the name of Commander Henry A. Adams or Lieutenant Joseph H. Adams. The text tells us that in response to his king's order he landed in Yokohama with an application to trade.
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