ddr-njpa-8 — Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Scenery (Japan)" Collection

Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Scenery (Japan)" Collection

Dennis M. Ogawa Nippu Jiji Photograph Collection
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ddr-njpa-8

This collection consists of photographs and newspaper clippings under the original "Scenery (Japan)" section of the Nippu Jiji photograph library. The materials in the "Scenery (Japan)" Collection document shrines, castles, gardens, and other scenery in Japan.

c.1890s-1950s

c.1930s-1950s

52 black and white photographic prints

Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

Courtesy of the Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation

52 Objects

img A statue (ddr-njpa-8-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-1/

img Men, women, and children walking on a street (ddr-njpa-8-2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-2/

img Two men looking at a raised relief topographical map (ddr-njpa-8-3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-3/

img Haniwa statue to be sold to a U.S. buyer (ddr-njpa-8-4)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Photograph No. 3 October 11, 1930. Haniwa statue from Emperor Nintoku are to be sold away One of a kind treasure in excellent condition for twenty thousand yen. Imperial Household Museum in Ueno Park is holding Haniwa Clayware Exhibit from the 16th to 31st with over 80 items, from various academic …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-4/

img A man standing in front of a religious [?] statue (ddr-njpa-8-5)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-5/

img Drawing of a shrine [?] (ddr-njpa-8-6)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-6/

img Color drawing of a shrine [?] (ddr-njpa-8-7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-7/

img A group standing in front of a stone monument (ddr-njpa-8-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-8/

img Visiting Beijing female student group and Hotel Association delegation at Kyoto Honganji Temple (ddr-njpa-8-9)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Firm handshake with a group of visiting female students from Beijing. At Honganji Temple in Kyoto. Hotel association domestic delegation. [stamped] April 24, 1939. Photograph: Association delegation and the group of Beijing female students at Kyoto Honganji Temple."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-8-9/