Images Dated 9th May 2012 (page 42)

A voice from the past

Kuroto no Ura in Kazusa Province. Print shows small boats and large ships on large body of water, with a view of Mount Fuji in the background. Date 1858

Print speciman of American Indian man on horseback with struggling Caucasian woman. Date 185-

Shibori of Joshu. Print shows an elderly man emptying a bucket over the side of a houseboat, with view of Mount Fuji in the background. Date between 1900 and 1940, from an earlier print

The 10 tavern commandments, as every landlord should show them to his guests

The heavenly porter. Illustration shows Halleys Comet on The Comets Orbit, brushing the surface of The Earth on The Orbit of the Earth as they draw near each other. Date 1910 May 18

The actor Bando Mitsugoro II in the role of An no Heibei. Print shows Bando Mitsugoro, an actor, full-length portrait, standing, facing right. Date ca. 1782

The actor Nakamura Nakazo. Date between 1760 and 1790, printed later

The adoration of the Magi. Allegorical print showing the nativity scene with the Magi presenting their offerings to the infant Jesus. Date 1605

Horses. Leaping a 3 ft. 6 hurdle. Irregular. Photograph shows twenty-four consecutive images of a man riding a horse named Frankie, jumping over a hurdle. Date c1881. Horses. Leaping a 3 ft

Yokkaichi

Mitsuke. Print shows men poling boats filled with travelers near the Mitsuke station on the Tokaido Road. Date between 1838 and 1844

A revelation in revolutions. Illustration shows Uncle Sam with a bundle of papers labeled Canal Plans patting a diminutive man, wearing a hat labeled Panama, on the shoulder

Peace. Illustration shows a flotilla of ships with Theodore Roosevelts face on the lead ship; the figure of Peace (or Columbia)

The common people - a picture for cartoonists

Athletes. Running. Photograph shows twelve consecutive images of a man running. Date c1881

Kabuki scene of early photography. Triptych shows four actors: two men on the left, a man in the center holding a book and some prints or photographs

New Years greetings. Print shows a woman sitting by a trunk and a large lantern, putting hairpins in her hair. Date between 1818 and 1830

Ryogoku Bridge and the great riverbank. Print shows pedestrians and porters crossing the Ryogoku Bridge with many boats on the river and view of vendor stands in foreground along the river bank

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The beauty oshima Shimajo. Date between 1801 and 1805

Under Mannen Bridge at Fukagawa. Print shows pedestrians crossing the Mannen Bridge spanning a river, with boats on the river and and a person fishing from a rock

The gateway to Enoshima in Sagami. Print shows three women passing through the gateway to a shrine on the bank of a river with distant view of Mount Fuji. Date 1858

The discovery of the law of gravitation. Illustration shows a Wright Brothers airplane crashed into a tree with Sir Isaac Newton and another man in the wreckage on the ground. Date 1910 October 5

The poor mans candidate. Illustration shows President Theodore Roosevelt standing on a reviewing stand, holding hat in raised right hand as a large group of capitalists, industrialists

Bush warbler in bamboo. Print shows two young women on a country path gathering plants and listening to a warbler in bamboo. Date 1770, printed later

A saruwaka performance before a New Years decoration. Print shows five actors dancing in front of the kadomatsu, a traditional Japanese New Years decoration. Date ca. 1804

From producer to consumer. Illustration shows two men, one labeled Producer, using a pulley system labeled US Parcels Post to ship a package labeled Direct to Consumer beyond the reach of a man

Upper Loon Lake, Adirondack Mountains. Date c1902

Odawara. Print shows two travelers, a woman standing next to a large trunk, possibly pondering an offer made by the other traveler or porter who is sitting next to the trunk

New forms of transportation. Print shows various forms of human- and animal-drawn carts and carriages, with a view of a steamboat in the background. Date 1871

The Wasatch Range from the Valley of the Jordan. Date c1900

St. Pauls Church, Norfolk, Virginia. Date c1902

Genl. Kuropatkin ready for anything awaits the coming of the Japanese. Print shows the Russian General A.N. Kuropatkin armed and waiting for an approaching Japanese soldier. Date 1904 or 1905

Washington, DC Spectators at side of the Capitol, which is hung with crepe and has flag at half-mast during the grand review of the Union Army. Date photographed 1865, printed 1905

Germ proof. Illustration shows a rotund man labeled Trust Official inoculating himself labeled Personal Immunity with Fine Vaccine which is Specially Prepared by Senate & House

In time of peace, prepare for vacation. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon with a young man sitting with mannequin spouse labeled Farmers Daughter, looking at pictures in the Family Album

Seki. Print shows travelers outside a mens clothing shop selling hats and short kimonos, also standing at the entrance to a gated area

The crabbed millionaires puzzle. Illustration shows an old man labeled Millionaire sitting in a chair atop a pile of moneybags

Returning sails from distant shores. Print shows a cluster of thatch-roofed and more substantial buildings in a coastal village, sailboats laden with cargo approaching shore

The actors Ichikawa Danzo and Ichikawa Danzaburo. Print shows two actors, full-length portrait, one as a woman holding branches with blossoms. Date 1798 or 1799

America. Print shows a woman, representating America, riding sidesaddle on a horse in a snowy landscape. Date 1860

An unexpected challenge

Enoshima in Sagami Province. Print shows travelers crossing a narrow strip of land to reach Enoshima, a small island in Sagami Bay

Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso. Print shows samurai Minamoto Yoshiie with another samurai passing cherry trees. Date between 1843 and 1846

The Prayers & commandments of our Lord

After vacation - the discovery of the home. Illustration shows a vignette cartoon illustrating the comforts of domestic life at home with the central scene showing a man bathing in a bathtub

Mother carrying child on her back. Photograph shows a woman, full-length, standing, turned to the left, facing front, carrying a small child on her back. The child is wearing some sort of hat

Battle at Kawanakajima. Print shows a battle scene alongside a river, possibly the fourth major battle of the Kawanakajima wars. Date 1809

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