Rice cultivation in ancient China. Landscape, Architecture, Costumes, Temples, Palaces, Manners with description.
Rice cultivation at Suzhou, China. Transplanting and Sowing in 1843.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
The Cataract of Shih Tan, Yangtze River. The western parts of Jiangnan.
In this picturesque locality, and amidst the shattered crags that hang over the seven cataracts, grows the Tong Choo, and also a species of Rhus, from the seeds of which an oil is expressed, used in the composition of a valuable varnish.
The Bridge of Nanjing. Ancient China sceneries.
Near where the Porcelain Tower formerly stood, the largest and principal bridge of Nanjing spans the main trunk of the canal
The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo kew shan.
The locality is one of the most famed in Chinese history, for its romantic scenery
The Imperial Palace at Ts’ao shan. The three hills of King-kow.
About three miles north-east from Chin-keang-foo, the provincial capital of Jiang Nan (Chinese: 江南;), from the broad bright waters of the Yangtse keang, rise the picturesque and precipitous rocky islets called “the three hills of King-kow.”
No masks. Noh-men or Omote. Japan.
The noh masks, known in Nippon as Noh-men or Omote, jap. 能楽 constitute a very important accessory to the noh.
Indoor costume. Constantinople 1902. Turkish woman.
Costume of an urban resident of Istanbul. Living Races of Mankind by Henry Neville Hutchinson
Ko-omote. Noh. Japanese theater masks.
The Noh theater is traditionally performed in conjunction with Kyōgen, a kind of comedy.
Russians in Siberia. Ethnic groups in 18th century
Russians in Siberia. Ethnic groups in 18th century. A Tunguzian taking a Solemn Oath. Russians Travelling with Dog Sleads in Siberia. Mongolian Lady and Priest. Burattians Hunting. From the book: ‘Navigantium atque Itinerantium… Read More
Idealised India costumes in 1850s.
Western theatre costumes in an attempt to depict the clothing of the Indian upper class