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Buddhist Priest and Gentleman of Loo choo. Japan.
Seppuku, Hara Kiri. Ritualized suicide. Japan.
The Tycoon’s messengers’s reading the sentence.
Seppuku. Ritualized suicide in Japan. Continue reading
Okinawa, Japan. Loo Choo Chief and his Two Sons.
Japanese Festivals and Holidays. 19th c.
Gentleman of Loo Choo in his Cloak. Japan 1816.
Japan Samurai. Traditional Process of donning Armor.
Japan Samurai. Traditional Process of donning Armor.
Japan Samurai. Traditional Process of donning Armor.
The process of putting on a full suit of armor. Illustration by Auguste Racinet.
Pitti-Sing. Victorian opera character.
Victorian opera character.
Pitti-Sing. The Mikado. Victorian opera character.
The Mikado is a comic opera in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan (libretto by WS Gilbert, with music by Arthur Sullivan). Continue reading
A Japanese sailing ship off the coast of Shimoda.
A Japanese sailing ship off the coast of Shimoda.
A Japanese sailing ship off the coast of Shimoda.
From the book: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859. Continue reading
A Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki. Journeys to Japan 1856.
A Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki Japan.
A Buddhist Temple at Nagasaki Japan.
From the book: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859. Continue reading
Theatricals costumes at Nagasaki Japan. Japan Folk Theater.
Theatricals at Nagasaki Japan.
Theatricals costumes at Nagasaki Japan.
From the book: Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis. Illustrated by the author. Published by Thomas Cautley Newby. London 1859. Continue reading