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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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- Bridge in rural Japan
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Bridge spanning a large river in rural Japan
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Bridge spanning a slow moving river
- Date Created
- 1909
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- A bridge spanning a small river in the Japanese countryside
- 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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- The entrance to a rural shrine
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Entrance to a rural shrine
- Date Created
- 1909
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- An estate in the Japanese countryside
- 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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- Farmer traveling on a country road
- Date Created
- 1909