Cities and towns - Japan

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British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan. New Zealand. J Force

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-125

Description: Multiple copies of official and unofficial photographs; nearly all contain captions. RNZAF pilots arriving at a jetty with their kit (the name `Fleming' is stamped on one of the bags); Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier proposes a toast at the wedding of Flying Officer Erling Ziesler & Florance Hoadley which took place a Iwakuni; Lt Gen V H Sturdee chatting with Miss Burys Burrell on the wharf at Kure (includes Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier, Brigadier A R Garrett & Col G Jenkins); group of housegirls employed at a 2NZEF Officers' Mess; drum roll at Empire Day celebrations (J A Harvey, J W Sewell & I R M Brewer.) Series of photos taking during the military funeral for Sgt E M N McLaughlin, RNZA, who was buried at Yokohama. Photograph taken during the BCOF Rifle Shooting Competition Championship meeting held at Matsuyama on the island of Shikoku where BCOF had a training school. Group photo of Sgt J B Nichols (Australia), Staff Sgt J W Slate (USA), Sgt L E Rosie (NZ), Cpl W K Green (USA), Pte A W Cox (Australia) & Staff Sgt J L Arth (USA). Convalescent Kiwis from 6th NZ General Hospital with their nurses on a days outing to Japanese Inland Sea; Chofu street scene; guard of NZ Divisional Cavalry,and band of 2NZEF (Japan) playing prior to the changing of the guard; Lt Col J A Worsnop inspecting the parade at HQ 2NZEF on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, accompanied by Lt L Catfield & Major E J Horwood; members of 3rd NZ Regiment stationed at HQ, Chofu for guard duties photographed at the formal dinner to celebrate the wedding (Ptes M D Barry, I Cleverely; E Armstrong, J Lewis & N Logan); guests at the Kokkasa Hotel on the shores of Lake Biwa chatting in the garden with kimono-clad Japanese women; men on board the `Dunera' on return to NZ; fire damage at Chofu; portion of the audience during a performance by NZ Concert Party for 2 NZ Divisional Cavalry at YMCA Hall, Mizuba; Miss Margaret Richmond singing at the concert accompanied on the piano by Henry Rudolph. Gift shop at Chofu run by Australian Canteen Services (Pte G M Roberts examining a string of pearls); members of HQ Pay Office counting the new currency to be used by Occupation Forces (Sgt T J Duffy, Pte K Simpson, Sgt V G Brooker & Sgt J A Mitchell); polling booth for Japanese House of Representatives elections (Sgt J L Smith supervising); members of 2NZEF (Japan) band playing outside Brigade Headquarters, Chofu watched by Japanese children; soldiers on a route march; Lt-General H C H Robertson being greeted by Rear Admiral Woodhouse of cruiser HMS Newfoundland during visit of British Pacific Fleet to Kure. Members of NZ Guard Battalion sightseeing in Tokyo - Photo taken on roof of the new BCOF `OR's' Club (Pte M D R Munroe, Pte F W Moore, Pte L A Whitlow & Trooper K E March); Trooper K E March taking a photo from the roof of the Union Jack Club (the new BCOF club) with the Nippon Geikjo (theatre) in the background. New Zealanders voting on Eta Jima (Capt W Dillon, Lt W A Simpson, Capt V Henderson, Capt A C Widdell, Lt-Col A O Gillespie, F/Lt Atkinson); Brigadier Clifton recording a vote. Series of photos taken during the visit of Hon F Jones - Inspecting guard of honour on arrival at Iwakuni accompanied by Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier; greeted by Air Vice Marshal F M Bladin; at Beppu; meeting Lt-Colonel W H Leeming at Mahratta Ball, Tokyo. View of BCOF sub-base, the Nagai Building, known as Empire House, and next to this is the Kishimoto Building (General MacArthur's Headquarters); Nissan Ohta (Japanese car). Quantity: 110 b&w original photographic print(s). 18 b&w original negative(s).

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Jull, Henry Augustus, fl 1917 : Family papers

Date: 1867-1939, 2003

By: Jull, Henry Augustus, active 1917

Reference: MS-Group-1521

Description: Contains a diary kept by Henry Jull on his travels around Japan in 1917, entitled `A Trip to the East'. Henry Jull describes the trip to Japan aboard the SS `Moeraki' with troops from the 23rd and 24th New Zealand Mounteds. Following a stopover in Australia, Henry Jull transfers to the SS `Tango Maru', where he also visits the Phillipines, Hong Kong and China before arriving in Japan. Once in Japan he visits gardens, palaces and the cities of Yokohama, Kyoto, Hakone, Nagoya, Nara, Nikko and Kobe. On his return voyage to New Zealand he visits Honolulu, San Francisco and Fiji. The diary is interspersed with photographs of the trip. Also contains a family history of the Jull family compiled by Ron Meadows. Quantity: 1 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts, photographs Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Manuscripts and Archives; material transfered to other sections - To Photographic Archive - 3 black and white photographs of Henry Jull in Japan and the Jull family. One photograph and postcard album from Henry Jull's trip to Japan (PA-Group-00013).

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Photographs of Tokyo City, Japan

Date: 1982

From: Ercolano, Philippe, d 1995 :Photographs of travel in India, Nepal, Japan, and Hawaii

Reference: PAColl-6849-3

Description: General views of Tokyo City as well as views of localities such as Roppongi, Shinjuku, and Veno. There are groups of photographs depicting a tea garden, the East Garden of the Imperial Palace, and Meiji Park. Many of the photographs show street scenes, people, shops, and a department store. Quantity: 86 colour original photographic print(s).

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Photographs relating to service in J Force

Date: ca 1945-ca 1947

From: Harper, Ian, fl 1946-1967 : Photographs relating to service in J Force

Reference: PA1-o-1232

Description: Photographs of a band on the parade ground of the barracks at Yamaguchi; a barracks building on fire; street scenes and other views of towns; Motor vehicles, especially army trucks; a group of soldiers. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan. New Zealand. J Force

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-124

Description: Multiple copies of official and unofficial photographs; nearly all contain captions. Images include: Disembarkation of advance party from `Cheshire' at Kure; fancy dress party for children of servicemen living at HQ BCOF on Etajima; changing of the BCOF guard in Tokyo (3rd NZ Battalion); general view of Anzac Day parade held at Anzac Park, Kure; Guard of Honour for Lt-Gen H C H Robertson (Colonel-in-Chief of BCOF) on his return to Japan (includes Flying Officer Peter Frame & Squadron Leader D F St George & Capt W A Simpson (ADC to the General); fire damage to 22nd NZ Battalion camp at Senzaki; soldiers of 4th NZ Guard Battalion relaxing at the Bankers Club, Tokyo (Driver F G Appleton, Padre H Whitfield, Dvr R F Burgiss, Dvr D R Hiscox & Pfc R J Neson of Texas); S/Sgt N R Fussell watching an examination at an open-air dental surgery; Christ Church, Nara where the 22nd General Synod of the Episcopal Church of Japan was held; group photo of those attending the Synod (Archbishop C W West-Watson, Padre H G Taylor (senior chaplain of 2NZEF (Japan), Rev W T Williams and others); group photo of officers of the 4th NZ Guard Battalion. Garden party held at Commonwealth House, Tokyo by Mr & Mrs McMahon-Ball, British Commonwealth representative on the Allied Council in Japan (includes Col D T Maxwell, Lt-Gen Robert Eichelberger, Brigadier L Potter & Mr Challis (NZ Trade Commissioner)); Brigadier R H Quilliam chatting with Commander Lane of the Royal Australian Navy at the garden party; General Shang Chen, head of the Chinese Military Mission in Japan talking with Mr W McMahon-Ball at the party; guests at the garden party (Capt W I Parry (Australian Military Forces), F/Lieut E Mason (RAAF) and Major P H Martin being served refreshments on the lawn; Mr & Mrs McMahon welcoming Lt-Col G M McCaskill & Capt P J Rodgers; general view of the guests at the garden party. 4th NZ Guard Battalion ball held at Tokyo Kai-Kan - View of crowd at supper table; dancers on the floor. Scenes from the Freyberg Cup rugby match played at Yamaguchi between 27th Battalion and Divisional Cavalry Regiment - Spectators; Minister of Defence, Hon F Jones arriving accompanied by Lt-Col W F Titchener, Major-Gen N W McD Weir; Lt-Col W F Titchener & Lt-Col J A Worsnop watching the match; practice game several weeks before the Freyberg Cup match (Pte C H Hovell, Lance-Cpl C F A Paul, Driver P F Linly & Sgt J Connolly taking part).. Scenes of NZ rugby players competing for the Duntroon Cup at Yamaguchi against Australia (includes players A J Smeaton, G V Plunkett, H D Brown, C Taite, B Knight) Hon F Jones inspecting a guard of honour from 22nd NZ Battalion on his arrival at Headquarters, 2NZEF, Chofu, accompanied by Major-Gen N W McD Weir & Brigadier L Potter; Lt R A Wright & Pte L F Flay on leave at Meiji Art Gallery; aerial views of snow-covered Mt Fuji; NZ Concert Party on stage at Piccadilly Theatre, Tokyo; soldiers relaxing on deck on board `Aotearoa' on a trip round the coast of Chofu. Scenes from the elections of the Japanese House of Representatives - Intelligence Section of 2NZEF (Japan) supervising at polling booths; speaking to an audience at a wrestling match at Hayashikane Shipyards (Sgt J R Irwin & Pte B B Wisnesky).. 14 NZ Squadron on parade in front of their damaged hangars at Iwakuni; group of engineers from 5th Field Company, NZE (Sprs C E George, W R Burns, P Forbes & B Logan); earthquake damage at roadway at Kure dockside (1947). Includes article by Sue Upton about Len Hutchings and his WWII photographs. Caption for group photo of senior staff officers, Component Commanders of BCOF, and Commanders of Allied Military Governemnt regions who were photographed at a farewell dinner for Air Vice Marshal C A Bouchier on the eve of his departure from Japan (names included) Quantity: 190 b&w original photographic print(s). 8 b&w original negative(s).

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Dunbar Sloane Auctions :Japanese occupation photographs

Date: 1947

Reference: PA1-o-977

Description: The album contains three groups of photographs. The first group are the personal snaps taken by the creator of this collection who was a member of the British section of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. The second group are commercial photographs of Kure, and the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb. There are also photographs of Mt Fujiama and Miss Japan 1947. The third group of images is made up of postcards of English towns, cities and cathedrals Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Ercolano, Philippe, d 1995 :Photographs of travel in India, Nepal, Japan, and Hawaii

Date: 1980s

By: Ercolano, Philippe, -1995

Reference: PAColl-6849

Description: Photographs of travel in India, Nepal, Japan, and Hawaii taken ca 1980s by Philippe Ercolano. Quantity: 516 colour original photographic print(s).

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Japan

Date: 1970

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8558

Description: Includes - The Fujia Hotel at Hakone. Views of Hakone from Lake Ashi. Unidentified views of a coastal beach, a river, and lake in a garden. Japanses sculptures in wood, ivory, and tortoiseshell copied from a book. Sumitomo Museum of Chinese bronzes. Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

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Photograph album of service in Japan with J Force

Date: 1947-[ca 1949]

From: Rothschild, Peter Henry, 1923-1983: Papers and photographs

Reference: PA1-o-2047

Description: Photograph album of images taken and collected by Peter Henry Rothschild during his time in Japan serving as part of the J Force, 1947 to circa 1949. Most images are captioned, and some pages are labelled with the name of the place in which they were taken and a date, possibly the date at which Rothschild arrived in the location. There are several photographs of Rothschild, alone or in group photographs. Photographs include pictures of Japanese people, buildings, street scenes, shrines, landscape views, soldiers' quarters, soldiers relaxing, 3rd Battalion camp in Yamaguchi, C Company 3rd Battalion at Christmas dinner at Yamaguchi, Japanese New Year celebrations, and a tea ceremony. Includes scenes from travel to Japan - packing up at Papakura Camp; Suva, Fiji; and on board the 'Dunera', including a 'crossing the line' ceremony. Images of Chofu from 1947 include pictures of the 'great fire' of October 1947 and aftermath (the fire destroyed over 700 buildings). Images from Kogushi, where Rothschild was with A Company 2nd Battalion, include views of the men's quarters and a view of the camp from the sea. Aio Beach (Yamaguchi Prefecture) images include photographs taken to make a "progression panorama" of the beach and surrounding landscape. Many photographs taken in Kobe feature members of the Kobe Jewish community and other servicemen celebrating Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. There are also several commercial black and white and coloured prints of buildings in Kobe. There are also commercial photographs of Osaka Castle, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Nijo Castle, and Brigade Headquarters at Chofu. Other places featured are Osaka, Yamada, Mikimoto Pearl Farm, the Kiwi Club at Yuda, Iwashimizu Hachimangū Shrine in Yamada, Kawana Hotel (a leave centre for the British Commonwealth Occupation Force), and Ōta. Series 6393 may hold negatives that correspond to prints from this album. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 album(s) with 313 photographic prints, nine hand-coloured. Physical Description: Album, 26.5 x 36.5 cm, with textured blue cloth cover, gold embossed with fairy seated on moon blowing a trumpet, and the word "Photographs". Tied with green cord. Transfers: Prints interleaved in the album (either loose or in an envelope) are at Library reference PAColl-10727.. Processing information: This album was received by the Library after the negatives had been described, and negatives have not been matched against prints in the album.

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Diary and photographs relating to a trip to Japan

Date: 19 Apr-21 Sep 1917

From: Jull, Henry Augustus, fl 1917 : Family papers

Reference: MSX-7842

Description: Diary kept by Henry Jull on his travels (for business and pleasure) around Japan in 1917, entitled `A Trip to the East'. Henry Jull describes the trip to Japan aboard the SS `Moeraki' with troops from the 23rd and 24th New Zealand Mounteds. Following a stopover in Australia, Henry Jull transfers to the SS `Tango Maru', where he also visits the Phillipines, Hong Kong and China before arriving in Japan. Once in Japan he visits gardens, palaces and the cities of Yokohama, Kyoto, Hakone, Nagoya, Nara and Kobe. Mr Jull appears to have been a businessman and trader of some sort. He notes at one point the goldfish he is bringing back to New Zealand. On his return voyage to New Zealand he visits Honolulu, San Francisco and Fiji. The diary is interspersed with photographs of the trip including a photograph of surfers in Honolulu. Quantity: 1 volume(s).

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British Commonwealth Occupation of Japan. New Zealand. J Force

Date: 1945-1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-120

Description: Multiple copies of many of the official photographs; all contain captions. Images include: Homeless Japanese at Ueno Station, Tokyo; laundry at Chofu Headquarters; countryside near 2nd Battalion NZ Regiment camp at Ozuki; opening of rest & leave hostel, Sumitome Villa, Kobe (Lt-Gen H C H Robertson & Miss Jean Begg, Director of YWCA in Far East); opening of BCOF Holiday Hostel, Kobe; Jayforce band playing in Tokyo; soldiers of 3rd Battalion on guard duty near Imperial Palace, Tokyo; Major P Heatherington-Martin followed by W/O I N O Mangin inspecting guards; Pte N L Janssens, Pte R L Fisher, and Pte I R Cleverley outside PX `Coke' bar in Tokyo with 2 GIs; American military band playing during `All Japan' athletics at stadium near Meiji Park; array of posters advertising study courses; fire at Kobe Steel Works Plant, Chofu (Brigade Headquarters, 16 NZ Workshops, YMCA bulk store); new barracks at Ozuki (includes Sgt R M Hayes & Capt J Donaldson); group photo of Miss B Raisher, Miss M Dick (WAACS) with Pte J J McAfee, C Symes, & B J Mathews, at Chofu; convalescent soldiers from 6th NZ General Hospital with their nurses, setting out from Kiwa on an outing on the Inland Sea; Brigadier L Potter, Brigadier S H Crump and Lt-Col G M McCaskill meeting Lt Gen Sturdee and wife at Ozuki; illegal Korean immigrants; pay day at Headquarters, Chofu (Pte G W Tonlins & Sgt J G Walker paying Pte W A Clarke); prisoners from Chofu Prison returning after a day's work for Kobe Steel Co Ltd; tea service at Brigade Headquarters, Chofu; demonstration rugby match at Nile Kinnick Stadium, Tokyo. Various images of the BCOF Athletic Meeting held at Kure, All Japan meeting held at Nile Kinnick Stadium in Tokyo, and 2NZEF (Japan) Athletic meeting held at Springfield Stadium, Ube in Aug 1947. Includes 2nd Lt K W Langdon competing and receiving cup for 120 yards hurdles; Flight Lt H F Evans throwing discus and receiving cup from Air Vice Marshall C A Bouchier; Pte L W S Dickison who competed in 440 and 880 yards; Sapper L L Mathewson, Sgt F Service, and Sgt E B Ashton competing in 220 yards; J G Hollick putting the shot at Ube. General Sturdee inspecting NZEF guard of honour (includes Capt C Tait, Brigadier L Potter, Lt-Col G M McGaskill); Lt Gen Sturdee with WAACs at Yamaguchi (Miss M E Peebles, P C Rattenbury, and R W Miles). Capt Father A A Welsh (RC Padre); Lt-Col R McQueen addressing the troops at disbanding of 2 NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment at Mizuba; swimming pool at Freyberg Park, Yamaguchi (includes Pte C E Ryan, A F Benfell, G C Dornbusch & others from 27th NZ Battalion); W/OI N R Fussell training the band at Brigade Headquarters, Chofu; Driver A D Glazebrook of Transport Section; men from 19 NZASC Company aquaplaning off coast of Chofu; three WAACs (Doris Dempsey, Pearl Gilmore, and Pat Cronin); Brigadier S H Crump, Commander of 2NZEGF (Japan) in the garden of his residence at Chofu; patrol from 22nd battalion on Chofu-Yamaguchi road; night raid of markets and boarding a ship in search of black market goods at Shimonoseki; B J McCody, Driver C Spence and Driver J Noyer in bakery, Supply Point, Chofu; Brigadier S H Crump at his desk; Australian Army Amenities Service entertaining the forces with a vaudeville show; group of Japanese children being taken on a launch trip by members of 22 NZ Battalion; 2 Lt L A Gatfield, Capt J G Godwin, Capt J L Lawson, and Sgt R L Wooding examining sports equipment at Brigade Headquarters store; DDT spraying at living quarters, Chofu; gift parcels being distributed at Chofu (Sgt C F Lovegrove, Cpl M D Thornton, Cpl T McCormack); NZAPO 222 base post office at Iwakuni Aerodrome (Sgt D Youle, S/Sgt S Booth, Sgt J F Frisby, WO2 N H Heley, Pte C F Edmonds); church service at Church of St Francis Xavier, Chofu; remains of Japanese aircraft at Kobe Steel Co works. Quantity: 410 b&w original photographic print(s).

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Papers and photographs from Rothschild's time with J Force in Japan

Date: 1940-1949

From: Rothschild, Peter Henry, 1923-1983: Papers and photographs

Reference: Series-6374

Description: Comprises material relating to Peter Rothschild's time in Japan during the British Commonwealth Forces occupation of the country following World War II. Includes correspondence, newsletters, clippings from army magazines, photographic prints taken and collected by Rothschild, souvenir photographs, postcards, and other tourist ephemera. Also copies of books on various Japanese subjects. Photographs include scenes and sights in Japan, including some portraits of Japanese people, and photographs relating to army life. Rothschild himself appears in a number of images. Collection features images of Passover celebrations with the Jewish community in Kobe, and images of travel to Japan by sea via Suva, Fiji. See also Series 6376 and Series 6393 for other photographic material that concerns Rothschild's time in Japan. Title supplied by Library Quantity: 89 b&w original photographic print(s) including loose prints from the photograph albums. 17 folder(s). 3 volume(s). 2 album(s). 3 item(s) of photographic ephemera. 0.66 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, photographs, printed matter (some photocopies), and handkerchief Transfers: From Ephemera Collection - Rothschild Estate (PR-04-0441). Processing information: Reference number changed from MS-Group-2395 to series 6374 when manuscript descriptive records and photographic descriptive records were brought together into one collection in 2018.

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Japan

Date: 1970

From: Blumhardt, Doreen (Dame), 1914-2009 :Photographs

Reference: PA12-8557

Description: Includes - Views of the garden and the Imperial Villa at Katsura, Kyoto. The Fujia Hotel at Hakone. Views of Hakone from Lake Ashi. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

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Photographs of Yokohama, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan

Date: [189-?]

From: McEill, Neil, fl 1890s :Photograph albums relating to Japan

Reference: PA1-q-975

Description: Photograph album containing images of Japan, taken ca 1890s by Neil McEill. Includes views of temples, street scenes and gardens in Yokohama, Honmoku, Tokyo, Hakone, and Kyoto. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - [front cover] General Assembly Library New Zealand; Album page - centre - [spine] 779 Japanese Photographs. Vol. 1. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Red leatherbound album

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Photographs of Kamakura, Lake Hakone, Kyoto, and Nara, Japan

Date: 1982

From: Ercolano, Philippe, d 1995 :Photographs of travel in India, Nepal, Japan, and Hawaii

Reference: PAColl-6849-4

Description: Groups of images showing the large bronze sculpture of Buddah at Kamakura, Hakone (Hikone), a town on a lake called Biwa-Ko, Kyoto, and one of its Buddhist temples, and a temple and gardens at Nara Quantity: 65 colour original photographic print(s).

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A trip to Japan

Date: [ca 1926]

From: McKenzie, Roy Allan (Sir), 1922-2007: Photographs

Reference: PA1-o-1582

Description: This is a record of a trip to Japan probably via places in South East Asia. The organisation is somewhat confused as about one third of the pages are loose, so are not in the original order of things. The journey may have included stops in Malaya or Indonesia. There are a number of photographs of groups of passengers on deck, many of which include John Robert McKenzie and wife Annie. One photograph shows them in a rickshaw. There is a dramatic view of local workers climbing ladders up the side of the ship carrying baskets of coal and tipping them into open chutes. A settlement of covered boats seen from an embankment. A view from the sea of a town backed by terraced cultivated hillsides. The largest group of photographs are of Japan. These include - Japanese gardens. The statue of Buddha at Kamakura. Views of Mount Fujiama. A view down over a harbour city [which may be Hong Kong, so not Japan]. Traditional houses along a canal. Small children in traditional dress. Women and children in traditional costume walking in the rain under paper parasols. People in a view down a city street. Woman carrying baskets of pumkins on a yoke over her sholder. Italianate buildings along a canal with covered boats on it. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

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Japanese studio portraits

Date: [189-?]

From: McEill, Neil, fl 1890s :Photograph albums relating to Japan

Reference: PA1-q-977

Description: Photograph album containing images of Japan, taken ca 1890s by Neil McEill. Includes views of houses and scenes in Sugita, Oyama, Enoshima, Nagasaki, and Kiga. Also includes views of Kintai Bridge, Tamagawa River, studio portraits of people in traditional Japanese costume, and photographs of flowers. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - [front cover] General Assembly Library New Zealand; Album page - centre - [spine] 779 Japanese Photographs. Vol. 3. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red leatherbound album

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Photographs taken during service with J Force, 1947-1948

Date: 1947-1948

From: Williams, James Leonard, fl 1947-1948 :Photographs taken during service with J Force, 1947-1948

Reference: PAColl-9086

Description: Photographs of Japan taken and collected by Corporal James Leonard Williams during service with J Force, 1947-1948. Includes views of Tokyo, Japanese women and children, buildings, and New Zealand soldiers in trucks. Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

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Photographs of Japanese towns and landscapes

Date: [189-?]

From: McEill, Neil, fl 1890s :Photograph albums relating to Japan

Reference: PA1-q-976

Description: Photograph album containing images of Japan, taken ca 1890s by Neil McEill. Includes views of houses, street scenes, boats, pagoda, tea gardens, and temples in Hakone, Osaka, Nara, Miyajima, and Kobe. Also includes landscapes depicting Daiya River, Biwa lake, Dogashima River, and Mount Fuji. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - [front cover] General Assembly Library New Zealand; Album page - centre - [spine] 779 Japanese Photographs. Vol. 2. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Red leatherbound album

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New Zealand soldiers at Hagi, Japan

Date: Between 1946 and 1948

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: J-0329-F

Description: Original caption reads: "NZEF in Japan. Hagi. Men of No 9 Platoon of the 27th NZ Battalion on board a Japanese motor barge on patrol to the nearby islands." Photograph taken between 1946 and 1948 by a New Zealand Army photographer. Identified from print of this negative at PA1-q-305-0261. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative