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Shinchō Nankinjin no zu

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Description: 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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [approximately 1859 to 1868]
Call number: 647770
Provenance: Purchased from Asia Bookroom, October 2019.
Dimensions: 19 x 27 on sheet 24 x29 cm

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.

647774

Lee Hung Lin

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This photograph shows Lee Hung Lin seating next to a man-made pond. Lee Hung Lin is the mother of Y. C. Hong.

mssHong Family papers

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Kawaraban : Yokohama yūjomachi

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Black and white kawaraban or news-sheet announcing the opening of a new pleasure quarter, Gankiro, exclusively for foreigners in Yokohama. Illustration shows ships from United States, Netherlands, Russia, England, France and Japan and displays a price list at the right upper corner.

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Compliments of Mason, Ehrman & Co. Tea importers : Portland, Oregon. Showing the process of preparing their famous Golden Crown brand, of Japan tea

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An accordion foldout print on Japanese paper advertising Mason, Ehrman & Co.'s Golden Crown Tea. The print is enclosed within two chrysanthemum-patterned cloth covered boards and inscribed "To Zaidee by a traveling man from Mason, Ehrman and Co. in Portland, Oregon," with the name "Gussie" inscribed on another panel. The item includes twelve color woodblock prints done by an unknown printer; eleven of the prints depict the process of preparing and shipping tea in Japan with captions below each scene. The twelfth print includes text by the company advertising the product, along with an image of a crown trademark. Scenery includes Japanese landscape, architecture, ships, and people in traditional dress. From left-to-right captions read: picking tea; carrying tea from the garden to be fired; first process native firing; second process native firing; native sifting; hand picking; pan firing at Yokohama; basket firing at Yokohama; packing & sifting and Yokohama; tea firing premises Yokohama; shipping tea by Empress of India.

priPEF 16

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The opium war through Chinese eyes

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The diary of Commissioner Lin at Canton, a leading figure on the Chinese side, is the main source, but other diaries covering the last 6 months of the war are also drawn upon.

499072

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Papyrus of Taatemperamun

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Eighteen-sheet papyrus containing the text of the Adoration of Osiris and spells from the Book of the Dead. Written for the woman Taatemperamun, who also had the title "head of household" and "singer of Amun-Re, king of the gods". Originated in Thebes during the Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21, (approximately 990-976 B.C.)

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