Janus: Photographs of North Africa and Asia

RCS contains:
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Y3029C	Photographs of Burma [i.e. Myanmar]
Y3029D	18 photographs of Burma [Myanmar]
Y3029E	Burma, circa 1903 - circa 1921
Y3029F	Burma missionary photographs
Y3029G	Charles Alexander Gordon, 'Our trip to Burmah [i.e. Myanmar], with notes on that country' (London, 1875)
Y302A	Photographs of North Africa and Asia
Y302B	Egypt, Burma [i.e. Myanmar] and Borneo
Y302C	Views of Hanoi and Haiphong [i.e. Hà Noi and Hai Phòng], 1890s
Y302D	General views of South-East Asia, 1960s
Y302E	Sir Henry Norman Far East collection, circa 1890
Y303099A	H.M. Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Gan in the Maldives, 1972
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Photographs of North Africa and Asia

Title	Photographs of North Africa and Asia
Reference	GBR/0115/Y302A
Creator	Various
Covering Dates	1860–1920 (The dates are approximate.)
Extent and Medium	189 images in 1 album; The album has been rebound following water damage. The contents have not been affected and the photographs are generally in fair condition.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

A large album of albumen prints. The prints are of various sizes and by various photographers. The compiler of the album is not known.

The album was presented to the R.C.S. Library by Sir Eric Miller, who had purchased it.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of North Africa and Asia, Y302A

Further information

Indexed

This description was entered by MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Asia, fiche numbers 1-6.

Index Terms

North and Central America

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Yemen

RCS/Y302A contains:

Alexandria. 275 x 204 mm. General view looking over the rooftops of Alexandria towards the harbour.
Creator: Zangaki, - , fl 1880-1899, photographer.
Poorish condition, yellowing and fading..

1880–1889

Alexandrie, Allée de la Colone [sic] Pompée. 272 x 212 mm. View looking along the street towards Pompey's Pillar.
Creator: Zangaki, - , fl 1880-1899, photographer.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1880–1889

Aden. 273 x 202 mm. View from the east showing the western half of Steamer Point, with the coal depot on the headland at the right and part of Prince of Wales Crescent visible at the left.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1879

The Tanks, Aden. 276 x 213 mm. General view of the stonework tanks, with mountains in the background.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1879

Market place, Aden. 261 x 198 mm. General view of the Camel Market at Aden, with houses in the background and a mountain ridge beyond.
Fair condition, slight fading..

1870–1879

Soudanese [sic] boys at Aden. 207 x 253 mm. Full length studio portrait of two boys seated on a rock and holding spears.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1879

Distant view of Socotra. 140 x 101 mm. An amateur snapshot taken from on board ship and looking towards the mountains of Socotra, an island 150 miles off Cape Guardafui and formerly part of the Eastern Aden Protectorate. Photographer unknown, probably the compiler of the album.
Fairish condition, some fading..

1870–1900

Bullock cart at Colombo. 142 x 98 mm. View of a bullock cart with a thatched palm canopy. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.
Fair condition, fading along one edge..

1870–1900

Triumphal Arch at Colombo, Edmund in Jinrickshaw in foreground. 147 x 96 mm. Amateur snapshot looking towards the Triumphal Arch, with the unidentified 'Edmund' heading away from the camera in a rickshaw. Photographer unknown, probably the compiler of the album.
Fairish condition, some fading..

1870–1900

Catamaran, Colombo. 143 x 96 mm. Showing an outrigger fishing boat in which six figures are seated. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen & Co.

1870–1900

Kandy, Ceylon. 271 x 207 mm. View from the hills to the south looking northwest over the lake and towards the town. The Library and Assembly Rooms are housed in the building projecting into the lake, with the Esplanade to the left and the main part of the town at the west end of the lake. The military barracks can be seen on the hill at the extreme left of the print. Photographer unknown, either Scowen & Co. or W.L.H. Skeen &Co.
Fair condition, some yellowing and slight fading..

1870–1900

Cingalese shops, Kandy. 269 x 206 mm. View showing traders and other figures posed on the street in front of their shops. The premises on the right, with wares laid out on a table, are selling various kinds of fruits.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

Temple of the Tooth, Kandy. 275 x 212 mm. View from the main entrance of the Dalada Maligawa or Temple of the Tooth looking along the outside of the carved stone wall towards the Pattirippuwa, the octagonal building housing the Oriental Library. Part of the European Library and Assembly Rooms can be seen in the background.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

Kandy and the Lake. 268 x 210 mm. View looking eastwards over the town from the military quarters and showing King Street, Colombo Street and Ward Street running west-east across the town. Photographer unknown, either Scowen & Co or W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Fairish condition, some yellowing and fading..

1870–1900

Priests at the Temple of the Tooth. 216 x 268 mm. Showing a group posed in front of one of the carved archways inside the temple complex. The figures include a drummer, masked devil dancers and young acolytes.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co.

1870–1900

Talipot palm in flower, Ceylon. 212 x 266 mm. View from a hillside looking out over a valley, with a flowering talipot palm in the foreground. Exact location unknown. Photographer unknown, either Scowen & Co. or W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

High priest of Buddha. 104 x 142 mm. Half length seated portrait of a Kandyan Chief. The caption appears to have mistaken this figure for a Buddhist priest from the Temple of the Tooth. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.

1870–1900

Cinghalese Woman. 104 x 143 mm. Three quarter length portrait against a background of foliage, of a Cinghalese woman with a young child balanced on her hip. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen & Co.

1870–1900

Snake charmers. 140 x 94 mm. Showing three snake charmers seated on the ground practising their craft. Photographer. unknown, probably Scowen & Co.

1870–1900

Cingalese. 98 x 136 mm. Half length studio portrait of a Cinghalese man with waist length hair and a heavy beard. Photograph by Scowen &Co. (although unsigned, the print caption 'Sinhalese' on the plate is in the same hand as the Scowen portraits at Y3022G/16-29).

1870–1900

Children at Kandy. 97 x 136 mm. Portrait of two children at the roadside. Photograph probably by Scowen & Co.

1870–1900

Bamboos in Peradeniya Gardens, Kandy. 276 x 218 mm. Showing a clump of giant bamboos on the bank of the Mahaweli Ganga in the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. The caption inscribed on the plate reads: 'Dendrocalamus giganteus. Giant bamboo. Height over 100 ft.'.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

India rubber tree, Peradeniya Gardens. 276 x 217 mm. Showing the base of the trunk and the root system of an India rubber tree in Peradeniya Botanical gardens.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

The Bible Rock and view from Kandy Railway. 273 x 210 mm. View looking out over the Deckande Valley towards the distant, flat-topped Bible Rock.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

View from Newara Eliya Hotel, Ceylon. 274 x 216 mm. View from the driveway of the hotel looking through the trees towards Nuwara Eliya Lake in the distance.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

View from Newara Eliya Hotel, Ceylon. 274 x 216 mm. View from the driveway of the hotel looking through the trees towards Nuwara Eliya Lake in the distance.
Creator: W L H Skeen and Co.

1870–1900

Tree-ferns in Hakgalla Gardens, Ceylon. 276 x 217 mm. Showing a copse of woolly tree ferns (Alsophila crinita) at Hakgala. Hakgala Peak is situated in the Piduru Range five miles south east of Nuwera Eliya. The botanical gardens, on the south eastern slopes, were founded in 1860 as a nursery for cinchona.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

Anuradhapura, Ceylon. 274 x 216 mm. View from the north east of the Kuwanweli Dagota, a solid, bell shaped mound 250 feet in diameter and 180 feet high to the tip of the copper finial. This, the most important of the surviving buildings of the old capital of Anyradhapura, was begun by King Duttugaimunu and completed after his death in 137 BC by his brother the successor King Saidaitissa. For a more detailed account, see James G. Smither, 'Architectural remains: Anuradhapura, Ceylon' (London, ?1894) pp 23-44. This photograph is reduced as plate 22 of that work.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

Anuradhapura. 276 x 216 mm. View of the sacred bo-tree standing amidst the ruins of the courts and terraces which once surrounded it. The caption printed on the plate reads: 'Ficus religiosa. The sacred bo tree at Anaradhapura. This ancient tree is an object of veneration to the Buddhist; its parent in India being the identical tree under which the Gautama is said to have achieved the Buddhaship. The original branch was planted by King Dewanpiya Tissa, BC. 288'. For a more detailed account of the myths surrounding the tree, see Henry M. Cave, 'The book of Ceylon' (London, 1908), pp 542-44.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

Carving in granite at Anuradhapura [caption on plate: carved terminal to wing monastery, Anuradhapura]. 213 x 270 mm. View of one of the dwarpals, or door guardians, which stand at the main entrance to the Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth) at Anuradhapura. This stone slab, with a sigmoid top similar in shape to an English graveyard headstone, is carved in deep relief with a full length figure flanked by two dwarf-like attendants. The Dalada Maligawa stands within the precincts of the Thuparama Dapada and was built to enshrine the left canina of Buddha which was brought to Ceylon in 311 AD. After various vicissitudes it was destroyed by the Portuguese in 1560, the so-called tooth in the Dalada Maligawa at Kandy being a spurious substitute of later date (see QM 2/16). This photograph is reproduced in James G. Smither, 'Architectural remains: Anaradhapura, Ceylon' (London, n.d. ?1894) Plate 57. Duplicate at Y3022C/38.
Creator: Scowen and Co.

1870–1900

Polonaruwa, interior of Ceylon. 271 x 217 mm. View from the north east looking along the north facade of the north temple at Polonnaruwa, the wall richly decorated with carved pillars and sculptures. The view shows the building before any large scale restoration had been effected. The temple was also known as the Demala Maha Saya. For plans, elevations and further photographs, see (ed) A.M. Hocart, 'Memoirs of the Archaeological Survey of Ceylon' (Colombo, 1926) Vol. 2. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen & Co.

1870–1900

Gigantic Buddha at Polonaruwa. 276 x 218 mm. Head on view of the colossal 46 ft long reclining Buddha at the Gal Wihare, Polonnaruwa. This rock shrine also contains two other massive statues and an inner temple carved from the brown granite. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.

1870–1900

The fortified rock of Siguri [Sigiriya], Ceylon. 272 x 216mrn. General view of the summit of Sigiriya with the path leading up the side of the rock in the foreground. Photographer unknown, probably Scowen &Co.

1870–1900

Domestic architecture in Sumatra. 241 x 188 mm. View looking along an unidentified village street in Sumatra. On the left is an impressive house built from wooden panels with decorative inlay work and with a thatched roof with upturned pointed gables.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

A village in Dutch Borneo. 244 x 175 mm. View looking across swampy ground towards the houses of a village sited on both banks of a wide river.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

House in Sumatra. 195 x 243 mm. A view of a small but elaborately decorated Sumatran house, raised off the ground on piles and with a ladder up to the entrance set below the eaves.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Batavia, Java. 242 x 195 mm. View looking along a canal in Batavia, with houses lining the banks and barges and other vessels moored on the left.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Batavia. 241 x 189 mm. View looking along a canal at Batavia, with houses and gardens on the right and a road on the left.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Batavia. 242 x 195 mm. View looking along the tree-shaded Rijswijk in Waltevreden, with the canal at the right and an unidentified white building on the left. Weltevreden was the European section of Batavia, situated in the southern part of the city. Rijswijk runs north to south to the north-west of the Koningsplein.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Batavia. 240 x 192 mm. View looking along a tree shaded canal in Batavia, with a barge loaded with firewood in the foreground and a group of houses visible beyond the trees.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

View of Hotel Bellevue, Buitenzorg, Java. 239 x 192 mm. View from the hotel looking down onto the Tji Dane River, with dense jungle on either side. In the distance, faded almost to invisibility in this print, is Mount Salax.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition, some overall fading..

1870–1900

View in Java. 248 x 194 mm. View looking down onto a river with a settlement of thatched houses on the further bank and jungle beyond. Location unidentified but possibly showing the Tji Dane River at Buitenzorg [Bandar Lampung].
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

'Victoria Regia' - the Governor's Garden, Buitenzorg. 246 x 197 mm. View across the lake in the Government Botanical Gardens at Buitenzorg towards the Governor General's Palace, a long low building with an extended hexastyle portico projecting out towards the lake. The building is topped by a small dome and is here seen from the rear. In the lake are the pads of the lily Victoria Regia.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

View near Banbeng, Java. 248 x 190 mm. View looking down onto a river, with cultivated plots in the foreground, dense jungle on the farther bank and a mountain in the distance. Bandoeng or Bandung is the chief city of the Preanger Region of Western Java and is situated 75 miles east of Jakarta. It was the former headquarters of the Dutch East Indies Army.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

In the Governor's Garden. 238 x 195 mm. View looking across an ornamental lake with fountain towards a small, open-sided cast-iron pavilion in the shade of which a European group is seated. It is not clear whether this print shows the Governor General's Palace at Batavia or Buitenzorg [Bandar Lampung].
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870

Bullock carts in Java. 242 x 196 mm. Showing a number of bullock carts drawn up across a village street. The wagons have canopies in the shape of miniature houses with pitched roofs.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

A street in Soerakarta - 'Solo' - Java. 242 x 193 mm. View looking along a tree shaded street lined with thatched huts at Surakarta or Solo, situated on the Solo River 120 miles WSW of Surabaya. The town contains the vast walled palace of the Sultan of Surakarta and Fort Vastenburg (built in 1779).
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Djokjakarta [Jakarta] Java. 240 x 191 mm. View from the roadway looking towards a large tree behind which stands an unidentified European bungalow and a circular, open-sided summer house.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

The Emperor's band, Soerakarta. 241 x 193 mm. Group portrait of the gamelan or band of the Sultan of Surakarta seated on the ground in front of a bungalow with their instruments - a varied collection of gongs, drums and xylophones.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

A basket maker's shop, Java. 244 x 193 mm. View of a small thatched house with baskets of various sizes laid on the ground in front of the verandah. A row of workers sits inside the single roomed building, with the proprietor seated on the verandah. Long lengths of bamboo ready for splitting are piled on the ground in front of the house.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition..

1870–1900

Tankoeban Prahoe, the mud volcano, Java. 240 x 196 mm. View looking down into the crater of the Tangkoeban Prahoe, some 18 miles from Bandung. This view probably shows the Kawa Oepas, the smaller of the two craters, which contains a muddy lake.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Tea-plantations near Garoet, Java. 240 x 192 mm. View looking across a hilly landscape planted out with tea, with estate buildings dotted here and there, and a cloud-wreathed mountain in the background. Garut, in the Preanger District, is situated 30 miles SE of Bandung.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Boro Boeddho [Borobudur]. 247 x 195 mm. General view looking towards the ruins of Borobudur near Magelang. This 7th - 9th century Buddhist temple is in the form of a truncated pyramid composed of intricately carved blocks of stone.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

View from Boro Boeddho [Borobudur]. 240 x 190 mm. View from the top of the Borobudur ruins looking out across jungle towards distant mountains.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Boro Boeddho [Borbudur]. 242 x 197 mm. Showing a portion of the ruins and carved stones at Borobudur.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

[Borobudur], Java. 226 x 166 mm. Close up view of carvings at Borobudur.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

View from Boro Boeddho [Borobudur]. 421 x 195 mm. View from the top of the Borobudur ruins looking out across jungle towards distant mountains.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing..

1870–1900

Boro Boeddho [Borobudur]. 243 x 195 mm. View looking along an avenue lined with trees and small monuments which runs up to a flight of steps at the corner of the temple.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Prarnbanan - The Thousand Temples near Djokjakarta. 247 x 185 mm. View of part of the overgrown ruins of the 7th century temples at Prambanan, situated some 24 miles south east of Borobudur. Formerly known as Mendang Kamular, the temples were built by Indian architects and artists who had emigrated from Gujerat under the leadership of Maharaja Adiraja Adityandhama at the end of the 6th century AD.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Prembanan - The Thousand Temples near Djokjakarta. 196 x 241 mm. View showing one of the central temples at Prambanan, a pyramidal structure decorated with bas-reliefs.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Crater of Papandaijan [Papandajan]. Volcano near Garoet [Garut], Java. 240 x 198 mm. View looking across the crater, with steam issuing from its mouth. Papandajan is situated some 15 miles south of Garut.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing..

1870–1900

Bridge near Tjandjoer [Chainjur], Java. 241 x 195 mm. View looking along the river towards the thatched covered footbridge. With a group of Javanese posed at the water's edge in the foreground.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Near Garoet [Garut], Java. 241 x 189 mm. View showing a roadside thatched hut, with cloud-wreathed mountains in the distance.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fairish condition, some yellowing and fading..

1870–1900

On the Poentjak Pass. 242 x 190 mm. View looking along scrub covered hillside towards a vertical ridge of rock. With a small building (? containing a well) and a Javanese group in the foreground.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.

1870–1900

Top of the Poentjak Pass. 240 x 187 mm. View looking along the road at the summit of the pass towards a toll booth.
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition, slight fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

Road to Sindanglaija, Java. 239 x 193 mm. View looking along the road which runs downhill between a deep cutting. Precise location unidentified (? possibly the further side of the Poetjak Pass).
Creator: Woodbury and Page.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

In the Straits of Malacca. 269 x 207 mm. View looking down on Keppel or New Harbour near Singapore, with a Malay village in the foreground and the chimneys of the tin smelting works visible in the distance. For a view taken from the same position some years earlier, see BAM 1/8. Photograph probably by Lambert & Co.

1875–1919

Opposite Singapore [Rochore]. 272 x 205 mm. Duplicate of BAM 1/6. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert & Co.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1919

View from the gardens of the Sultan of Johore, near Singapore. 271 x 207 mm. Duplicate of BAM 1/34. That print is captioned 'View from St James'. The view looks across a stretch of water towards a settlement of Malay houses raised on piles. It is unclear whether the view looks across the Strait of Johore towards Singapore Island or towards part of the Johore mainland - probably the latter.
Creator: G.R. Lambert & Co.

1870–1919

Boat Quai, Singapore. 271 x 202 mm. Duplicate of BAM 1/14.
Creator: G.R. Lambert & Co.

1870–1919

Botanical Gardens, Singapore. 258 x 294 mm. View of the ornamental lake in the Botanical Gardens.
Creator: G.R. Lambert & Co.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1919

Saigon, Cochin China. 263 x 205 mm. View showing Chinese craft moored along the banks of a waterway, taken from rooftop level. The photograph is probably looking up the Arroyo Chinois and taken from near its function with the Saigon River.

1870–1900

Saigon. 270 x 207 mm. View looking along the Saigon River, with ships at their moorings. The view probably looks along the river from the offices of the Direction du Port de Commerce on the Quai du Commerce, with the Arroyo Chinois branching off to the right and the offices of the Messageries Maritimes beyond.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

Hanoi, Capital of Tonquin. 200 x 219 mm.

1870–1900

Hong Kong. 584 x 215 mm (two prints joined). Panoramic view from the Peak looking north over the city of Victoria, Victoria Harbour and towards Kowloon. In the right hand print, at the bottom, can be seen the Roman Catholic Cathedral, with the prison beyond.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

Kow-loung [Kowloon] Peninsula, Hong Kong Harbour. 268 x 204 mm. View, probably from Bonham Road, looking north eastwards across the Chinese houses of the western section of Victoria, over the Harbour and towards Kowloon.
Fair condition, some fading in upper portion of print..

1870–1900

Hong Kong from the Bay. The Peak. 288 x 202 mm. View from the harbour looking towards the waterfront of the city of Victoria, with the Peak in the background.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

The Canton River. 240 x 181 mm. View looking across the River, with a fleet of junks in midstream.
Fairish condition, some overall fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

[Panoramic view of Wu-chen] Canton. 841 x 193 mm (three prints joined). Panoramic view of the town of Wu-chen with the river in the foreground. Situated 120 miles west of Canton near the border between Kwangsi and Kwantung Provinces, the town lies on the West River at the mouth of the Kwei River. It was not opened for foreign trade until 1897. This print is reproduced in Clark Worswick, 'Imperial China, photographs 1850-1912' (Pennwick/Crown 1978) pp. 18-19.
Fair condition, some yellowing and fading..

1880–1912

The 'Pearl' River of Canton. 286 x 212 mm. View looking along the Pearl River towards a gorge. With sampans moored to the bank in the foreground.

1870–1920

Near Canton. 274 x 208 mm. View looking along the Pearl River towards the Nine-Storeyed Pagoda.
Fair condition, some overall yellowing..

1870–1920

[The Nine Storied Pagoda, Canton]. 282 x 233 mm. View of the Nine-storied Pagoda at Canton, seen here in dilapidated condition.
Creator: Dutton and Michaels.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

1863–1920

Grasscutter. 89 x 130 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Chinese man carrying bundles of grass on a pole.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1920

Street in Canton. 211 x 282 mm. View looking along a narrow commercial street in Canton hung with shopkeepers' banners. Precise location unknown, but possibly a view of Physic Street: compare with the collotype in John Thomson, 'Illustrations of China and its people' (Vol. I, 1873) plate 20. Photographer unknown, possibly Dutton & Michaels.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

Five storied Pagoda, Canton. 287 x 227 mm. General view of the Five storied Pagoda at Canton. Photographer unknown, possibly Dutton & Michaels.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

Old Walls, Canton. 283 x 226 mill. View looking along the city walls towards the Five Storied Pagoda. Photographer unknown, possibly Dutton & Michaels.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

Temple Court, Canton. 278 x 210 mm. View in a temple courtyard at Canton with a shrine in the foreground in the form of an open-sided pavilion.

1870–1920

Garden Gate, Canton. 286 x 214 mm. Group portrait of five male figures posed in front of the gate (in the form of a circular opening in the brick wall) leading into a garden.

1870–1920

Temple at Canton. 288 x 214 mm. General view of unidentified temple buildings, with a large stone carving of a tortoise in an open-sided pavilion in the foreground.

1870–1920

A Chinese garden [?Canton]. 278 x 226 mm. View looking through a decorated archway towards the garden, with rows of shrubs in large pots lining the path in the foreground.

1870–1920

The five hundred disciples of Buddha [Canton]. 292 x 203 mm. View looking down an aisle with rows of sculptured images on either side.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

The Children's Friend [temple of the 500 gods, Canton]. 233 x 241 mm. View of one of the images in the temple, a bronze figure of a jovial man with children on his lap and shoulders.
Fair condition..

1870–1920

Shanghai. 254 x 193 mm. View looking along an unidentified street in the Chinese quarter of Shanghai.
Creator: H. Salzwedel.
Fair condition, slight fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

Tea garden at Shangha. 252 x 193 mm. View looking across a stretch of water (possibly the Soochow Creek) towards buildings raised on piles above the flow.
Creator: H. Salzwedel.
Fair condition, slight fading..

1870–1920

Nagasaki, Japan [hand coloured]. 770 x 209 mm (three prints joined). Panoramic view of Nagasaki looking down onto the town and harbour from the hills. With a Japanese cemetery in the foreground.

1870–1900

Onomichi Inland Sea [hand coloured]. 230 x 201 mm. Duplicate of Y3039A/48.
Creator: Kusakobe Kimbei.
Fair condition..

1870–1912

Pappenberg Rock, Nagasaki. 241 x 191 mm. View from a hillside looking down onto a river, with the island of Pappenberg (faded in this print) in the distance. Pappenberg is associated with the stamping out of Christianity in the Japanese empire during the seventeenth century.
Fair condition..

1870–1920

Pagoda at Osaka [hand coloured]. 188 x 219 mm. View showing a five storied pagoda in a courtyard in Osaka.
Fairish condition, some fading..

1870–1920

Yebisu Bashi Osaka. 269 x 206 mm. View looking across a bridge over one of the canals of Osaka, with a commercial street on the farther side. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

100

Kofukuji in Nara. 267 x 203 mm. View looking along a roadway towards a five storied pagoda (on a small hill in the right background.).
Fair condition, but overall yellowing..

1870–1920

101

Sacred deer at Nara. 241 x 194 mm. Showing a group of the famous tame deer standing on the road through the park at Nara. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, slight overall fading..

1870–1912

102

Shinto temple, Nara. 262 x 199 mm. View looking towards the torii, or free-standing entrance arch to the temple, with shrines visible in the grounds beyond.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

103

Temple dancers at Nara [hand coloured]. 239 x 186 mm. Full length studio portrait entitled 'Miko' showing two of the dancers in their robes. Photograph probably by Kasakabe Kimbei.

1870–1920

104

Dai-Butsu - Great Buddha, Nara. 208 x 224 mm. Front view of the eighth-century 53 feet high image of Buddha in the Temple of Todai-Ji at Nara, 18 miles east of Osaka.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

105

Group of children [hand coloured]. 262 x 203 mm. Full length studio portrait of five children with their mother. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition some fading..

1870–1912

106

Birds of the view [sic] at Higashiyarna. 527 x 204 mm., (two prints joined). Panoramic view of Kioto.
Fair condition, slight fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

107

Chrchyard [sic] Kurodani, Kioto. 267 x 109 mm. View looking along a paved pathway lined on either side with shrines and gravestones.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

108

The Kiyomizu Temple, Kioto. 268 x 209 mm. General view of the temple which is built on a structure of wooden trestles overhanging a steep drop.
Fair condition, slight fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

109

The large bell of Chionin, Kioto. 209 x 266 mm.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

110

Kinkakuji, Golden Temple, Kioto. 269 x 209 mm. View looking across the lake towards the temple, also seen in Y3039A/11.
Fairish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

111

The thousand idols, Sangiusangendo, Kioto. 268 x 205 mm. View showing rows of carved images in the temple.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

112

The Rapids. 267 x 210 mm. View looking up a river gorge. The caption on the print itself reads "Ochiai Sekimon in Hodsugawa ". View presumably taken near Kyoto.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

113

Rapids near Kioto [hand coloured]. 242 x 191 mm. View looking up the rapids, with a flat-bottomed boat on the river in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some tears in top right hand corner..

1870–1912

114

The end of the Rapids, Arashi-Yama [hand coloured]. 243 x 193 mm. View looking across the river towards wooded hills, with boats moored in the foreground and a small bridge in the distance. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

115

Maples (Autumn) [hand coloured]. 237 x 189 mm. View showing a river running through a maple wood, with a small wooden bridge in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1920

116

Biwa Lake from Ishiyama. 271 x 206 mm. Duplicate of Y3039A/64.
Poor condition..

1870–1920

117

Biwa Lake from Miidera. 269 x 209 mm. View looking out over the lake with the town on the shore in the foreground.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1920

118

Ishiyama, Otsu. 242 x 198 mm. View looking along the shore of Lake Biwa towards the town. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, slight fading..

1870–1912

119

Fir tree, 1000 years olds, Karasaki, Otsu. 241 x 194 mm. General view of the tree, surrounded by a stone wall and with its branches supported on wooden poles. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

120

Jinricksha. 242 x 194 mm. Showing two girls seated in a rickshaw on a woodland path, with the rickshaw men posed in front and behind. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1920

121

The bath. 240 x 193 mm. Studio portrait of three Japanese girls grouped in and around a wooden bath tub. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, some fading, a few small tears..

1870–1920

122

Nagoya Castle. 242 x 193 mm. View of part of the battlements of Nagoya Castle, 90 miles ENE of Osaka on the shore of Ise Bay. The castle was built in 1612 by Ieyasa, punder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1920

123

Fuji from Yoshiwara. 242 x 194 mm. View looking towards Mount Fuji, with a river in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, some fading..

1870–1912

124

Fuji-Yama [hand coloured]. 240 x 192 mm. View of Mount Fuji, with a small sailing boat on the stretch of water in the foreground.

1870–1920

125

Tonosawa. 268 x 211 mm. View from wooded hillside looking down on a small settlement of houses beside a river. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

126

Kiga near Miyanoshita. 241 x 194 mm. View looking down on the village, situated among wooded hills beside a small river. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

127

Miyanoshita, from Dogashima. 261 x 209 mm. View looking towards the houses of Miyanoshita, perched on the wooded hillsides of the Hakone Mountains. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

128

The Bronze Buddha at Kamakura, 850 years old [hand coloured]. 244 x 188 mm. Front view of the massive statue of the Buddha at Kamakura. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

129

Shinto Temple Hachiman Kamakura. 269 x 109 mm. View looking up a long flight of stone steps towards the entrance of the Temple of Hachiman. The note beneath the print records that the icho tree at the left is 1200 years old.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

130

Otometoge to Fujiyama [hand coloured]. 259 x 204 mm. View looking across a plain towards Mount Fuji, with two travellers posed in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition..

1870–1912

131

Enoshima [hand coloured]. 259 x 204 mm. View on the beach at Sagami Bay at Katase looking along the causeway to the island of Eneshima, known for its Shinto shrine. With a number of Japanese figures posed in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

132

Ogi-goku - 'Mouth of Hell' - near Miyanoshita. 256 x 186 mm. View looking across mountainous country, with steam issuing from craters in the middleground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, some fading..

1870–1912

133

On the journey. 150 x 150 mm (circular print, vignetted). Studio portrait of a man and woman setting out on a journey with two children.

1870–1900

134

Atago Yama Tokio. 269 x 209 mm. View from a terrace looking out across Tokyo. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

135

Inside Asakusa Temple Tokio. 263 x 208 mm. View inside the temple, with framed ideogram hanging from the row of columns running along the centre of the room. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1912

136

Temple of the Bronze Horses, Nagasaki [hand coloured]. 261 x 210 mm. View of gateway and entrance to the temple.

1870–1900

137

Shinbazu (pond) Uyeno, Tokio [hand coloured]. 263 x 204 mm. View looking down on the ornamental lake, with a bridge in the foreground leading to an island crowded with buildings. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

138

Cherry blossom (spring) [hand coloured]. 241 x 191 mm. View looking down a road lined with small houses and cherry trees in blossom. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

139

Snow (winter), Tokio. 241 x 195 mm. Unidentified street scene with snow. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

140

Wisteria at Kameido, Tokio [hand coloured]. 264 x 203 mm. View looking along an ornamental pool or canal towards a wooden bow shaped bridge, with wisteria hanging in clumps from overhead trellises in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

141

Visiting ceremonials [hand coloured]. 264 x 204 mm. Studio portrait of three kneeling girls. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

142

Shiba San Mon; Shiba Temple Gate, Tokio. 245 x 193 mm. General view of the entrance to the temple. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

143

Shiba, Hidetada's Tomb, the Shogun's Tomb, Tokio [hand coloured]. 188 x 238 mm. General view of the tomb, a massive structure built in the form of a pagoda, with ornate decorative inlay work on the doors and surrounding panels. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

144

Wrestlers. 241 x 187 mm. Showing two sumo wrestlers in the ring, with spectators on all sides. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

145

Asaka Pagoda. 194 x 243 mm. General view of the pagoda, with smaller houses in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, slight overall fading..

1870–1912

146

Maples (Autumn). 242 x 194 mm. Duplicate in monochrome of Y302A/115. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, slight overall fading..

1870–1912

147

A Mousme [hand coloured]. 205 x 232 mm. Full length studio portrait of a Japanese girl examining her hairstyle with the aid of two mirrors. A mousme is an unmarried Japanese girl, a term particularly applied to a tea girl or waitress.
Fair condition, slight fading and chemical staining..

1870–1900

148

Sacred Bridge, Nikko. 270 x 208 mm. Close up view of the Red Lacquer Bridge at Nikko. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1912

149

Sanbatsudo, Nikko. 269 x 209 mm. View from a hillside looking down on the temple complex, with mountains in the distance. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1912

150

Bronze portal, Nikko. 269 x 201 mm. View looking towards the torii, or free standing entrance arch, with the Shinto temple beyond. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

151

Yomeimon (front), Iyeyasu [Nikko] [hand coloured]. 243 x 192 mm. View of the highly painted doorway and surround. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

152

Karamon, Iyeyasu [Nikko]. 243 x 192 mm. View of the highly painted doorway and surround. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

153

The holy-water cistern [Nikko]. 244 x 192 mm. View of the well, covered by an open sided structure with an elaborately decorated roof. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

154

Kairo, Nikko [hand coloured]. 242 x 194 mm. View through a doorway and across a courtyard to a further set of gates. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

155

Iyeyasu's tomb [Nikko]. 242 x 188 mm. General view of the tomb, with stone steps leading up to the tomb of Ieyasa, founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate. In front of the metal sarcophagus is a group of animals cast in bronze. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

156

Buddhist priests [hand coloured]. 188 x 204 mm. Full length studio portrait of two Buddhist priests in their robes. Photographer unknown.

1870–1900

157

Pilgrims to Fuji. 242 x 186 mm. Studio portrait of pilgrims posed against a backdrop of trees. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Poorish condition, overall fading..

1870–1912

158

Temple Guardian [?Nikko] [hand coloured]. 191 x 211 mm. Close up view of a temple carving, similar in style to the figures seen in Y3039A/32-33. Photographer unknown.

1870–1900

159

The Stable [Nikko]. 240 x 194 mm. View of the wooden building known as the Monkey Stable. For a close up view of the carvings on the stable, see Y3039A/56. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

160

Images of Amida, Nikko. 240 x 195 mm. View looking along a path lined with stone images of the Buddha, with a stream at the right. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, slight fading and yellowing..

1870–1912

161

Chiusenji Lake & Nantai San, Nikko. 270 x 208 mm. View from the lakeside, with the torii to the Shinto shrine on the shore at the right. Photographer unknown.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

162

Chiusenji Lake, Nikko. 266 x 205 mm. View looking along the shore of the lake with a boat in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1912

163

Rain coats. 194 x 239 mm. Studio portrait of three figures dressed in rain coats made from grass. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1912

164

Kirifuri Cascade. 195 x 240 mm. General view of the waterfall. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

165

Playing with music [sic] [hand coloured]. 260 x 203 mm. Studio portrait of four Japanese girls playing musical instruments. The girl at the left is playing the Koto (see Y3030A/31). Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

166

Handa River, Maibashi. 268 x 207 mm. View looking across a bridge of boats stretching across the river.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

167

Ikao [Ikaho] [hand coloured]. 261 x 198 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside down onto the town, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view of Ikaho, situated in central Honshu 11 miles north west of Maebashi. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

168

Ikao [Ikaho]. 261 x 198 mm. View from a neighbouring hillside down onto the town, with wooded hills and mountains beyond. Probably a view of Ikaho, situated in central Honshu 11 miles north west of Maebashi. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

1870–1912

169

(Hot Water River) Yasawa, Ikao [Ikaho] [hand coloured]. 262 x 207 mm. View looking down onto a small river running between wooded hills.

1870–1900

170

Candle Rock, Haruna, near Ikao [Ikaho]. 194 x 242 mm. View of the conical Candle Rock, with a small open sided pavilion in the foreground. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Good condition, apart from slight fading along top and bottom edges..

1870–1912

171

The Fuji of Haruna. 242 x 194 mm. View looking across a stretch of water towards the volcanic peak. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition..

1870–1912

172

Hakone. 240 x 193 mm. View of a street of small thatched houses in Hakone, 9 miles WSW of Odawara. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

173

Road to Hakone. 194 x 226 mm. View from the paved road looking over wooded mountains.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

174

Hakone Lake. 269 x 189 mm. View looking towards the lake, with a torii, the freestanding entrance arch to a Buddhist shrine, in the foreground.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1900

175

Stone Buddha near Hakone. 193 x 216 mm. View of the carved image of the seated Buddha, with a man kneeling at prayer before it.
Good condition, apart from slight fading at edges..

1870–1900

176

Fujiyama from Hakone Village [hand coloured]. 262 x 206 mm. View looking across Hakone Lake towards Mount Fuji, with the village of Hakone in the foreground.
Fair condition, slight fading..

1870–1900

177

Hot springs at Atami. 241 x 192 mm. View looking down onto the town, with Sagami Bay beyond and steam from the hot springs rising in the foreground. Photographs probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

178

Yoshihama, road from Atami. 241 x 191 mm. View looking along the Atami Road, with Sagami Bay at the left and the town of Yoshima on its shore in the background. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

179

Mississippi Bay. 242 x 194 mm. View looking along the Yokohama road towards Mississippi Bay. Similar view to Y3030A/62. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1912

180

[Unidentified landscape]. 192 x 223 mm. View looking across a river towards the houses of a village. Location unidentified, possibly Omiya village, seen in Y302A/181.
Fair condition, some fading..

1870–1900

181

Fujiyama from Omiya Village [hand coloured]. 264 x 206 mm. View looking along the river towards the village, with Mount Fuji in the distance.
Fair condition, some fading at edges..

1870–1900

182

Hotel from over Bow Falls, Banff. 191 x 234 mm. View looking across the Bow Falls towards the Banff Springs Hotel.
Creator: Notman, William, 1826-1891, photographer.
Fair condition..

1870–1891

183

Lake Minnewonka & Mt. Inglismaldie, Banff. 230 x 173 mm. View looking across the lake towards the mountain.
Creator: Boorne and May.
Fair condition, some fading..

1886–1893

184

Lower Kicking Horse Canon, near Golden. 190 x 238 mm. View looking along the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway as it follows the course of the Columbia River through Kicking Horse Pass, British Columbia.
Creator: Notman, William, 1826-1891, photographer.
Fairish condition, some fading and yellowing..

1870–1891

185

Louise Lake. 239 x 184 mm. General view looking across Lake Louise.
Creator: Notman, William, 1826-1891, photographer.
Fairish condition, fading at edges and in highlights..

1870–1891

186

Mount Burgess, Emerald Lake. 188 x 239 mm. View looking across Emerald Lake towards Mount Burgess.
Creator: Notman, William, 1826-1891, photographer.
Poor condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1891

187

Devil's Head Canyon & Bridge, Banff. 225 x 171 mm. View looking along the river gorge towards Devil's Head, with a small wooden bridge crossing the river in the middle distance.
Creator: Boorne and May.
Fair condition, slight fading..

1886–1893

188

[Native Canadian warrior]. 188 x 221 mm. Full length portrait of a native Canadian standing in front of his teepee.
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1910

189

'Castle Rest', 'Hobby', 'Welcome' and Alex. Bay, 1000 Isles. 238 x 177 mm. View looking across the bay towards the three named islands of the Thousand Islands group in the Saint Lawrence at the mouth of Lake Ontario (?with Kingston in the distance).
Poorish condition, fading and yellowing..

1870–1891