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Japan Collection

Background imageJapan Collection: GASI2A-00006

GASI2A-00006
Japanese samurai warriors in full armor. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894

Japanese taking Port Arthur, 1894
Japanese warships taking Port Arthur, Manchuria, during the Sino-Japanese War, 1894. Printed color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: GASI2A-00011

GASI2A-00011
Japanese swordsmen. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageJapan Collection: Globe of 1492, lacking the New World

Globe of 1492, lacking the New World
Diagram of Martin Behaims globe, made just before Columbus discovered America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: Russo-Japanese treaty at Portsmouth NH, 1905

Russo-Japanese treaty at Portsmouth NH, 1905
President Theodore Roosevelt presiding over the Treaty of Portsmouth ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905. Hand-colored halftone illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: PNAV2A-00033

PNAV2A-00033
Us Navy squadron commanded by Matthew Perry sailing for Japan, 1852: USS Susquehannah, Saratoga, St Mary s, a supply ship, Plymouth, Perry in rowboat, Mississippi, and Princeton (left to right)

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese women musicians

Japanese women musicians
Japanese women playing music and drums, wearing traditional clothing. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese poet under a cherry tree

Japanese poet under a cherry tree
Japanese mother and infant meeting a poet under a cherry tree. Lithograph reproduction of a painting by Genjiro Kataoka, circa 1910

Background imageJapan Collection: Behaims 1492 globe showing a round Earth but no New World

Behaims 1492 globe showing a round Earth but no New World
Diagram of globe by Martin Behaim, without the New World, created in 1492. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese ladies in traditional clothing

Japanese ladies in traditional clothing
Japanese girls and a woman with her baby, wearing traditional dress, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese emperor Mutsuhito, 1890s

Japanese emperor Mutsuhito, 1890s
Emperor Mutsuhito of Japan in his state carriage, Tokyo, circa 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese emperor Komei in his palace at Kyoto, 1850s

Japanese emperor Komei in his palace at Kyoto, 1850s
Palace of Komei, emperor of Japan, at Kyoto, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: EVNT2A-00313

EVNT2A-00313
Map of the China Seas, Philippines, and European colonies in the region, 1898. Printed color lithograph 19th century

Background imageJapan Collection: PNAV2A-00010

PNAV2A-00010
USS Mississippi, flagship of Mathew Perrys expedition to Japan, 1852. Hand-colored woodcut of an 1852 illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: Japanese ladies of the Old Regime

Japanese ladies of the Old Regime
Ladies on a Japanese ferry boat of the Old Regime, pulled by female swimmers. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: GASI2A-00005

GASI2A-00005
Map of Asia, circa 1870. Printed color lithograph, 19th century

Background imageJapan Collection: First US diplomatic mission to Japan, 1856

First US diplomatic mission to Japan, 1856
Townsend Harris, first American diplomat in Japan, escorted into Shimoda, 1856. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageJapan Collection: EXPL2A-00148

EXPL2A-00148
New World geography according to a mapmaker of 1540. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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