Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Series Citation:
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Hospitals, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Sponsor:
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, W. Atlee Burpee & Company Records.
Edited film, shot under the auspices of the Imperial Japanese Railways, represents various aspects of Japanese life as it existed around the turn of the century. Depicted are a wide variety of subjects including scenes of daily life in Tokyo, Kyoto, Yokahama, Hakodate, Kobe, Nagasaki, and other cities. Points of ethnographic interest include market and street scenes, the caves and tombs of the Ainu at Matsushima, the Bear Festival of the Hokkaido Ainu, cormorant fisherman on the Nagara River, a hiwatari-shiki (firewalking) ceremony performed by Shinto priests, the festival of the water goddess Benten, and a temple procession in Hakodate. Other scenes of interest include: a sumo wrestling tournament, school ceremonies and athletic competitions, Yokahama shipyards, cement factories and steel mills at Moji, pottery making, working of rice terraces, pearl industry in Omura, harvesting tea in Shidzuoka, the health resort at Unzen, cherry blossom festival, the coaling of a United States ship by Japanese laborers, and rail travel through the "Japanese alps."
Legacy Keywords: language and culture ; Ritual bear festival Ainu Japan ; Markets vendors Japan ; Shrines Kasuga shrine Nara Japan ; Tea harvesting of Japan ; Palaces defenses moats Tokyo ; Food preparation noodle making Tokyo ; Music ; Statuary religious Buddha Nara ; Ceremony fire walking hinatari-shiki Japan ; Priests shinto fire walking Japan ; Pottery manufacture of Japan ; Fishing use of comorants Nagara River Japan ; Ethnic groups Ainu Shiraoi Japan ; Tattooing ; Sports wrestling sumo Tokyo ; Diving pearls Omura Japan ; Agriculture rice tea Japan ; Japan ; Tokoyo (Japan) ; Kyoto (Japan) ; Yokahama (Japan) ; Nara (Japan) ; Hakodate (Japan) ; Kamiiso (Japan) ; Shidzuoka (Japan) ; Nagasaki (Japan) ; Kōbe-shi (Japan) ; Beppu (Japan) ; Chuzenjii (Japan) ; Asia
Local Number:
HSFA 1982.3.1
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Roland S. Morris films of Japan, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Les merveilles des bains naturels et des estuves naturelles de la ville de Digne en Provence [microform] : divisées en deux parties, la theorie & la practique : avec un traité de leurs serpents sans venim, et une sommaire description de tous autres ... / par D.T. de Lautaret
