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Photographs of Imadegawa Kindergarten and Christian missionaries in Japan

Description: A group of nine large, mounted photographs depicting the Imadegawa Kindergarten in Kyoto, Japan; Japanese teachers and medical workers; and American Christian missionaries in Kobe, Japan. The Imadegawa Kindergarten was one of many Christian kindergartens established by American missionaries in 19th century Japan. Six photographs dated 1903 show Japanese children in the classroom or outdoors with their American and Japanese teachers. A group photograph depicts members of the American Board Mission in Japan, including prominent educators Annie L. Howe and Eliza Talcott. The photographs have credits for photographers K. Hino, M. Hori, and S. Kobayashi of Kyoto.
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Date: approximately 1903
Call number: photCL 709
Provenance: Purchased from Lorne Bair Rare Books, Inc., May 2023.
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Photographs of Imadegawa Kindergarten and Christian missionaries in Japan

Visual Materials

A group of nine large, mounted photographs depicting the Imadegawa Kindergarten in Kyoto, Japan; Japanese teachers and medical workers; and American Christian missionaries in Kobe, Japan. The Imadegawa Kindergarten was one of many Christian kindergartens established by American missionaries in 19th century Japan. Six photographs dated 1903 show Japanese children in the classroom or outdoors with their American and Japanese teachers. A group photograph depicts members of the American Board Mission in Japan, including prominent educators Annie L. Howe and Eliza Talcott. The photographs have credits for photographers K. Hino, M. Hori, and S. Kobayashi of Kyoto.

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An album with 50 hand-tinted photographs of Japan showing gardens, shrines, temples, palaces, parks, resorts, scenic landscapes, and traditional Japanese arts and occupations, such as Ikebana, Sumo wrestling, No theater, and rice planting. The images include "Three Views of Japan": the islands at Matsushima, the shrine at Itsukushima, and the sandbar at Ama no Hashidate. There are photographs of various sites in Tokyo, Kyoto, Kyushu, and Nikko.

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A personal photo album compiled and annotated by a Japanese American serviceman who served in the U.S. occupation forces during the post-World War II occupation of Japan. The album begins with his departure from Hawaii to Japan in 1946, including one image of his old school, McKinley High School in Honolulu. In Tokyo, there are many photographs of fellow soldiers, as well as Japanese young men and women; buildings and landmarks; parks; and army buildings. Two images of a large building are described as General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo, and there is one image of him walking out of the building. Besides Tokyo, the soldier is seen in Kamakura and Otake, near Iwakuni, where he may have been stationed later. Of note are a few images of building destruction in Hiroshima, 1947, in the aftermath of the atomic bombing. At the back of the album are many single and group portraits of Japanese residents, possibly family members or acquaintances in Iwakuni and Otake. The album has handwritten captions in English, with occasional captions written in Japanese.

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Photograph album of Japanese American residents of California

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A photograph album dating from the early 1920s reflecting the life of an unidentified Japanese American family based in or near the agricultural community of Brawley, in Imperial County, California. "Brawley Bottling Works" crates are seen in an image of Japanese American farm workers, and other images include the interior of a canned goods store, agricultural workers and crops, farm trucks, and a man with plants in a greenhouse. The album contains snapshots of many different Japanese American men, women, and children, almost always dressed in fine Western clothing, seen in social gatherings in mostly rural settings, with some images of other locations. The album doesn't have any identifications, though recognizable locations in California are: the Sacramento Capitol building; the beach in Venice; a bookstore with a crate marked First Street, Los Angeles; and men posing with automobiles with license plates that say "CAL." Notable images are a group portrait of men clowning around while drinking beer, and ceremonial outdoor gatherings with American and Japanese flags flying. Photographs taken in Japan include a Christian church and school in the Tadanoumi area of Hiroshima Prefecture, and family groups with people wearing both Japanese and Western clothing.

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A cloth portfolio containing twelve color lithographs with hand-colored details of Japanese dress, boats, symbols, and men of varying social and military classes. The portfolio cover title "Souvenir of Japan" is gilded. Titles of prints include: Japanese Peasant; Japanese Dressed in Chain Armer (Commanding Officer); Japanese Performing the "Ko-Tow"; Officers of the 2nd Rank; Two Grandees of Japan; Japanese Boatman; Japanese Officer; 2 Officers Saluting Each Other; War Boat; Merchant Vessel; Hats and Various Insignias of Rank; Standards Carried by Various War Boats & Socks and Sandals of the Lower Class. Many of the prints are signed "Lith. of J. Bien. 180 Broadway N.Y."

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