EALC 219: Modern and Contemporary East Asian Art & Visual Culture (HC/BMC)

18th century. One of two such vases in the collection.

One of two Chinese ancestor portraits in the collection, painted ca. 1890 - ca. 1910.

One of two Chinese ancestor portraits in the collection, painted ca. 1890 - ca. 1910.

Four hand-colored photographs, published in Beijing probably between 1890 and 1910.

1912 photogravure by the French photographer Adolph de Meyer.

Posters from the 1920s and 1930s related to imperialism,politics, and war in China. The posters were collected by William Warder Cadbury, a Quaker medical missionary in China.

1963 print by Sadayuki Takeda.

1964 etching by Shigeru Kimura.

1964 print by Fumio Kitaoka.

1958 print by Shiko Munakata.

1961 print by Sadao Watanabe.

Twenty-one photographs (14 of Nagasaki and 7 of Hiroshima) that were presumably taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps in August and September 1945.

This cabinet card from the 1890s shows Japanese vases, furniture, and screen.

2005 photograph by the American photographer Misty Keasler.

19th century albumen photograph by Felice Beato.

1950s photograph of a Japanese politician and Foreign Minister, taken by American photographer Horace Bristol.

19th century albumen print, artist unknown.

19th century albumen print, artist unknown.

Approximately 100 photographs by artists including Felice Beato, Kusakobe Kembei, Matsusaboro Yokoyama and K. Tamamuro. The photographs were taken in the mi-19th and early 20th centuries.

Published in New York, these scenes from Japan were meant to be viewed through a scope which would allow the viewer to see them in 3-D.

Frank Brinkley lived in Japan for forty years as a British military attaché, foreign adviser to the Japanese government, and newspaper owner. These books describe all aspects of Japanese culture and society from religion to games to dress. Includes many illustrations and photographs.

Utagawa Kunisada
1859

Ando Hiroshige
ca. 1832

Ando Hiroshige
Utagawa Kunisada
1853

Kitagawa Utamaro
ca. 1800

Utagawa Kuniyoshi
1852