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Description of the whaling industry in Japan

Asian Art Museum

Description of the whaling industry in Japan
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Object Details

Collector

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

Names

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

Collection Collector

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

Collection Creator

McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942

Collection Citation

The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia, FSA A2009.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Contents

Descriptions and illustrations of villagers in Ikitsukishima in Nagasaki province setting out in boats, killing whales, and processing them. The album was likely acquired by Alice Roosevelt during a tour of Japan in 1905.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc3a1baf649-fb49-44d2-b603-8e031b9cb3b4

Local Numbers

FSA A2009.02 11

Place

Japan
Nagasaki (Japan)

Topic

Diplomacy
Travel

Collector

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

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The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia

Biographical / Historical

In her 1933 autobiography "Crowded Hours, Alice Roosevelt Longworth writes that on August 1, 1905, "... we steamed through the Inland Sea, greeted by fireworks set off from launches and sampans when we reached the Straits of Shimonoseki, to land at Nagasaki for a day of more entertainment."

Extent

1 Album (20 woodblock printed text pages with 20 woodblock print illustrations, Accordian album, 23 x 34 cm.)

Date

1829

Archival Repository

National Museum of Asian Art Archives

Identifier

FSA.A2009.02, Item FSA A2009.02 11

Type

Archival materials
Albums
Souvenirs
Woodblock prints

Collection Rights

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form

Souvenirs
Woodblock prints

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
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FSA

Record ID

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