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    Aino Folktales (1888)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Aino Folktales (1888)

    Images from Japanese Design Magazine *Shin-Bijutsukai* (1902)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Images from Japanese Design Magazine Shin-Bijutsukai (1902)

    Kaishi Hen, an 18th-Century Japanese Anatomical Atlas
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine

    Kaishi Hen, an 18th-Century Japanese Anatomical Atlas

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Customs & Culture, Technology

    Japanese Prints of Western Inventors, Artists and Scholars (1873)

    The Hare of Inaba (1892)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics, Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Hare of Inaba (1892)

    Colorised Stereographs of The Russo-Japanese War (1905)
    Images / 
    War

    Colorised Stereographs of The Russo-Japanese War (1905)

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)
    Images / 
    People, Colonialism & the 'Other'

    Japanese Depictions of North Americans (1860s)

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
    Images / 
    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)

    Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan
    Images / 
    People

    Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan

    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)
    Images / 
    Communication

    A Collection of Fashionable English Words (1887)

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e
    Images / 
    Landscapes

    Utagawa Hiroshige: Last Great Master of Ukiyo-e

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)
    Images / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    The Bakemono Zukushi “Monster” Scroll (18th–19th century)

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)
    Books / 
    Design & Typography, Natural World

    Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Polychrome Woodblocks of Itō Jakuchū Birds

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)
    Images / 
    Natural World

    Ogawa Kazumasa’s Hand-Coloured Photographs of Flowers (1896)

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)
    Images / 
    Design & Typography

    Photographs of Japanese Sword Guards (1916)

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography

    Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s)

    Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)
    Images / 
    Fashion

    Designs from Kimono Pattern Books (ca. 1902)

    *Unai no tomo*: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)
    Images / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Unai no tomo: Catalogues of Japanese Toys (1891–1923)

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of *Utsuro-bune*
    Images / 
    Colonialism & the 'Other', Technology, Strange Phenomena

    Unidentified Floating Object: Edo Images of Utsuro-bune

    Hokusai’s *Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China* (1836)
    Images / 
    War, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Hokusai’s Illustrated Warrior Vanguard of Japan and China (1836)

    *A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns* (1837)
    Images / 
    Natural World, Music & Arts

    A Careful Selection of Whisk Ferns (1837)

    Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)
    Images / 
    Architecture, Landscapes

    Aftershock of the New: Woodblock Prints of Post-Disaster Tokyo (1928–32)

    Ikkyū in Hell: *Skeletons* (1692)
    Images / 
    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)

    *Clear Shadows* (1867)
    Images / 
    Customs & Culture

    Clear Shadows (1867)

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)
    Images / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Tales of the Catfish God: Earthquakes in Japanese Woodblock Prints (1855)

    Essays
    In Praise of Halvings: Hidden Histories of Japan Excavated by Dr D. Fenberger

    In Praise of Halvings: Hidden Histories of Japan Excavated by Dr D. Fenberger

    By Roger McDonald

    Roger McDonald on the mysterious Dr Daniel Fenberger and his investigations into an archive known as “The Book of Halved Things". more

    28 Mar 2019