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Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…

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Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…

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Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…

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"Cixi huang hou yu bi zhi bao" are the words of the seal of the Empress Dowager Tsze Hsi. This seal was used to confirm authorship of documents written by her.
'My design is to present a series of pictures of China and its people, such as shall…

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This first edition contains a selection of Japanese legends and stories, including nine tales from old Japanese books to illustrate some strange beliefs. Hearn adds: 'They are only curios.'

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Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) is almost as Japanese as haiku. Both are an art form, an institution in Japan. Haiku is indigenous to the nation; Hearn became a Japanese citizen and married a Japanese [Setsu Koizumi], taking the name Yakumo Koizumi. His…

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Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated…

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Roy Andrews (1884-1960) was an explorer, and long-time curator and director of the American Museum of Natural History. His Asiatic Zoological Expedition of 1916-17 was written up in his "Camps and Trails in China". The pagoda on the cover is found at…

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In 1844, Evariste Régis Huc (1813-1860), a French Lazarist missionary, was ordered to explore the area surrounding the mission at Si-Wang (Hsi-wan-tse), about 200 kilometres to the northwest of Peking (Beijing). He and his companion, Joseph Gabet,…

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The OUSA capping magazine cover from 1987. The magazine is entitled "House & Garden" in jest and the cover depicts a burnt-out student flat.

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Notes on cover: "Owned by M.E. Hodgkinson of Riverton in 1857"

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Photomechanical copy of theatre programme for which the original sketch is not extant.

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Verso in charcoal: Photoplate. Cover design for O.E. Middleton. Hotere 77/78 Return to; verso in ballpoint pen: Use this for cover. 3/20 42B %

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Through image in charcoal: Red Band. Cover design for O.E. Middleton. O.E.M. in red band. Black through spine. Hotere 77/78. Cover Design for O.E.M.; through image with brush: O.E. Middleton. Confessions of an Ocelot and [retraced in charcoal to…
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