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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
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- 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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- Doctor attending to a sick woman
- 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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- Farmer traveling on a country road
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Farmers collecting their harvest
- Date Created
- 1909
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It appears the people in this picture are all part of the same family. In the picture you can see three generations of the family working together on the harvest.
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- Farmers planting their crop
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Five monks posing
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Flowers
- Date Created
- 1909
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- Fortified castle in the countryside
- Date Created
- 1909
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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.