Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) japanese warlord, feudal lord and court noble
Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Japanese military leader 16th century.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
Young Sinhalese women picking coffee, performed in Colombo.
The Plate represents three Sinhalese girls from 13 to 16 years of age, employed in coffee picking.
Muhammad Humayun second ruler of the Mughal Empire.
Nasir ud din Muhammad Humayun (Persian نصیر الدین محمد همایون, 1508-1556) was the second ruler of the Mughal Empire of India and ruled until 1540 and 1530 of from 1555 until 1556.
Sinhalese coolies from Matura, Sri Lanka.
A group of Sinhalese coolies from Matura, employed on the coffee estate of Laymastotte.
Banyan tree in Kollupitiya. The journey is famous for its scenery.
The journey from Point de Galle to Colombo is famous for the beauty of several Banyan trees situated in Kollupitiya, Colombo.
Embroidery from the Caucasus, Greece, Indian Melicete tribe.
FROM among the few but remarkable specimens of art-work man ship contributed to the Exhibition by the Caucasian Agricultural Society of Tiflis, we have selected a saddle-cloth from Kabardah, a district to the east of Mount Elbruz, the highest summit of the great Caucasian mountain-range. Circassian embroidered Saddle-Cloth. Embroidered dress, Greece. Hand-work of the North-American Indian Melicete tribe. International exhibition, 1862.
Sclaveni male costume in 1760, 18th century.
Sclaveni male costume in 1760, 18th century.
Warriors from Papua New Guinea. 19th century.
Warriors from Papua New Guinea.
A Georgian girl in traditional dress and a Bedouin in Burnus with gun.
A Georgian girl in traditional dress. A Bedouin in Burnus with gun.
A Japanese sailing ship off the coast of Shimoda.
Two journeys to Japan. 1856-7, by Kinahan Cornwallis.