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- Album of Japanese Photographs
- Date Created
- 1909
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Katherine Wolcott and her uncle, Robert Hull Fleming, compiled this photo album on their visit to Japan in 1909. Part of a larger Asian trip, the two stopped in Japan and collected photos, postcards, bookmarks, and other materials. Fleming was a graduate of the University of Vermont, and in 1929...
Show moreKatherine Wolcott and her uncle, Robert Hull Fleming, compiled this photo album on their visit to Japan in 1909. Part of a larger Asian trip, the two stopped in Japan and collected photos, postcards, bookmarks, and other materials. Fleming was a graduate of the University of Vermont, and in 1929 Katherine Wolcott helped to fund the construction of the Robert Hull Fleming Museum in memory of her late uncle. This album, a memento from their trip, was part of Wolcott’s own collection.
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- Bookmark from Kasuga Shrine in Nara
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Buddhist temple guardian statue
- Date Created
- 1909
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These statues were though to ward off evil spirits and ensure the safety of the temple. In the very forefront of the picture you can see a man kneeling before the statue and box in front of it.
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- Castle in the countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A charm to protect against fire
- Date Created
- 1909
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The charm was created to protect the bearer from fire. On the marker, it says Jadaiji temple, which may be the Jindaiji temple in Tokyo.
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- Cherry blossom festival
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Cherry blossom festival in full swing
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Doctor attending to a sick woman
- Date Created
- 1909
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- An elderly man getting his hair styled
- Date Created
- 1909
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It looks as if the man is getting his hair pulled back into the traditional Samurai hairstyle of the top knot (Chonmage).
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- Elderly man with a bow
- Date Created
- 1909
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An elderly man is posing in a clan kimono with a "Yumi" (Bow) in his left hand. The bareness of his left arm suggests that the man is a practitioner of "Kyudo" (Japanese Zen Archery).
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- Employees outside a tea house
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Entrance to a rural shrine
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Fan crafter with a customer
- Date Created
- 1909
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There are two main types of fans in this man's shop. The folding fan - known as the "Sensu," and the hand fan - known as the "Uchiwa."
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- Five monks posing
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Five women on a bench
- Date Created
- 1909
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Five women, dressed in elegant kimono's, sit astride a wooden bench. The picture is hand colored.
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- Flowers
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Fortified castle in the countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Four women preparing a meal
- Date Created
- 1909
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The four women are engaged in various tasks. The woman on the farthest left is grinding something within her bowl, while the woman to her right is dicing a radish. The two women on the right are tending a fire.
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- Group of men with Shamisen and sake
- Date Created
- 1909
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The second man from the left is playing a Shamisen, while the second man from the right is drinking sake. The two others are posing for the music.
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- A group of monks under a large Buddhist statue
- Date Created
- 1909