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1908.82.717

Printed guide to Kamakura.

1908.82.717

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Collection type
Object
Description
Printed guide to Kamakura.
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Kamakura
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1908
Date collected
1908?
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908 Found unentered: 12/06/2003
Materials and processes
Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Printed
Dimensions
Length: max 230 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.717
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2011 as: (Front cover) ‘Enoshima Kanazawa Kamakura meisho ki zen’, famous places of Enoshima, Kanazawa and Kamakura. (Back cover) ‘Meiji nijusan nen ichi gatsu nijuni niche shuppan’, published on 22 January in Meiji 23 (1891). ‘Kanagawa ken Kamakura gun Higashi Kamakura mura Yukinoshita’ (the address of the publisher) [El.B 16/03/2012]

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