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Bankoku shinbunshi
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Panama Taiheiyō Bankoku Daihakurankai. Dai 1 = The Panama Pacific International Exposition
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Published in anticipation of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition celebrating the opening of the Panama Canal. Gives plans and aims of the Exposition as well as discussing the history of the Panama Canal and United States-Japan trade relations and the history of Japanese migrants to the United States. Extensive advertisements of Japanese businesses and directory of Japanese residents in California are also included.
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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.
ephJHK 00983
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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.
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F. C. Thompson photograph album
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An album of photographs taken by American businessman F. C. Thompson, documenting his time living in Yokohama, Japan, from 1920 to 1921. Thompson managed the Dollar Steamship Lines office in Yokohama, and is seen experiencing some local customs and socializing mostly with other Western men and women, who are identified in handwritten captions. They are seen at various locations including the Grand Hotel, the Oriental Palace Hotel, the Yacht and Rowing Club, and visiting nearby rural areas. Many images depict street scenes, architecture and people in Japan, including scenes of female laborers, agricultural crops and workers, and "elite" women traveling in hand-carried slings. Thompson is seen joining a Japanese motorcycle club, at a rugby match, and on vacation in the countryside in a traditional Japanese house. Some images depict the ships and crews of the Dollar Steamship Lines and Pacific Mail Steamship Company (which would eventually merge into one company). The photographs are accompanied by detailed captions identifying locations.
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Bankoku ryakusetsu
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The author was considered a pioneer who introduced western science and technology into Japan. This work is based on scientific theories, using many maps and diagrams to show how the earth revolves around the sun on its own axis, the cause of night and day, and the four seasons.
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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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