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Fukushō Kihadashisu Anan no zu

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Description: 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.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: approximately 1850s
Call number: 647774
Provenance: Purchased from Asia Bookroom, October 2019.

Shinkoku taihei Amerikasengō jinbutsu shōmeiroku

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Black and white kawaraban showing a procession of Americans from Perry's second mission to Japan, with a list of the names of ships and of the surnames of prominent crew members from each ship, their rank or position and an approximation of their age. Names (given in Japanese katakana approximations) include [Matthew] Perry, [Henry A.] Adams, [Samuel] Archbold, engineer-in-chief, [Thomas] Houston, midshipman, [Samuel Wells] Williams, the mission's interpreter, and Dutch interpreter [Anton] Portman. The image depicts the Americans' uniforms and hats, which clearly seemed very unfamiliar to Japanese eyes, and some rather fanciful banners.

647772

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Sendai Ishinomaki Chūsen : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

Japanese picture scroll illustrating the casting of sen (past currency, roughly the equivalent of 1/100 yen); images include: breaking up ore, roasting, tartara bellows, etc.

mssHM 82859

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Butler, Octavia E. To the Victor: short story: final draft

Manuscripts

MS. (typewritten: 10p.); 28cm. Pasadena, Calif. With an autograph note. Written with the pen name Karen Adams. Note: winner of Pasadena City College literary contest. With envelope.

OEB 2723

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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."

647777

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George M. Byrne photography equipment from Ansel Adams workshop

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A pocket edition of Exposure Record by Ansel Adams, published by Morgan & Morgan, Inc., New York, 1964, and an SEI Exposure Photometer (light meter) and user's manual, 1967. The exposure record has some writing in it by George M. Byrne, who used it while attending one of Ansel Adams' photography workshops in Yosemite.

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Shokubutsu Zu : [manuscript], [approximately 1800]

Manuscripts

Full page illustrations of plants/grains; Latin names given in Roman alphabet, Japanese names provided in both Katakana and Kanji; placards indicating name(s) of each grain/plant appears to be much later addition (attached directly to pages with adhesive); otherwise, no written script -- only illustrations; inserted tag suggests that the two volumes may have been intended to be part of a larger work.

mssHM 81222

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