The Far East. An illustrated fortnightly newspaper, volume III, no. XXIV. Yokohama, Saturday, May 17th, 1873. 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. 277-288 of vol. 3, with albumen prints pasted-in alongside text. The 24 issues of volume 3, 1 June 1872 to 17 May 1873,...
Tomb of Sanada Yoichi [at Sugita]. Photographer: Unknown
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View of two memorial headstones, with a young Japanese girl seated on the pathway between them. Sanada Yoichi was a follower of the warlord Yoritomo, and was fatally wounded in defence of his master: 'After the battle, he was conveyed by his own people, to the little village of Sugita, — the vil...
The first residence of American missionaries, at Kanagawa. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of a group of thatched buildings, with a Japanese Christian priest standing in the foreground: 'The picture on page 283 is the view from the Tokaido of that originally occupied by the missionaries who were among the very first arrivals [after Japan was open...