Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the wall of the Imperial Palace towards one of the gateways: 'All the gates of Japan are more or less of the same design. That depicted ... is one of the gates of the Castle, not unfrequently visited by foreigners; as from it there is a remark...
Officers of the new police, Yokohama. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Portrait Photography Studio group of three uniformed officers of the newly-formed Yokohama police force: 'The officer seated in the picture ... is Takeda, the chief of the Yokohama force, and the other two are his subs. It was of old one of the most constant complaints made by foreigners...
The Far East. An illustrated fortnightly newspaper, volume III, no. I. Yokohama, Saturday, June 1st, 1872. Photographer(s): Unknown
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Imprint: Printed and published for the proprietors by James R. Anglin, at the 'Japan Gazette' Printing Office, No. 87, Main Street, Yokohama, Japan. Quarto, 280 x 225 mm, pp. 1-12 of vol. 3, with albumen prints pasted-in alongside text. The 24 issues of volume 3, 1 June 1872 to 17 May 1873, ar...
Siamese image, scroll, etc., formerly the property of Will Adams. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a group of images, apparently belonging to William Adams (d. 1620), the earliest British resident in Japan. The relics belonged to the temple pictured in print 4. Adams' burial place at Hemi-mura was re-discovered by James Walters in 1872, and this issue...