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Yueilo at Shinbashi, Hutaba-Cho, Civilization 36 Banquets

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.05
Description
This print is set in the inside of a restaurant. The walls are mostly blue, and on the right side of the print is a woman kneeling in a raised doorway. Beneath her is a small covered a table with her shoes on it. The left side of the print shows a woman walking towards the inside of a room, with…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Yueilo at Shinbashi, Hutaba-Cho, Civilization 36 Banquets
Date
1877
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
36.7 x 25.0 cm
Description
This print is set in the inside of a restaurant. The walls are mostly blue, and on the right side of the print is a woman kneeling in a raised doorway. Beneath her is a small covered a table with her shoes on it. The left side of the print shows a woman walking towards the inside of a room, with her head turned back towards the woman previously described. Two more people, one woman and a foreign man, are in the back portion of the picture. A lamp is cut off by the border on the left side.
Subject
Figures
Japanese
Women
Geisha
Restaurant
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.05
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Yoshimachi Menten, Civilization-36 Banquets

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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.04
Description
Print is divided in half diagonally by a brown staircase on the left side that one Geisha is climbing. Another Geigha is standing on the floor, holding a sash of red fabric in her mouth. She is wearing a checkered Kimono. A servant is bending to her left picking out a piece of green fabric. A g…
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Artist
Toyohara Kunichika
Title
Yoshimachi Menten, Civilization-36 Banquets
Date
1878
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
37.5 x 25.0 cm
Description
Print is divided in half diagonally by a brown staircase on the left side that one Geisha is climbing. Another Geigha is standing on the floor, holding a sash of red fabric in her mouth. She is wearing a checkered Kimono. A servant is bending to her left picking out a piece of green fabric. A garden with a tree is in the background. The floor is green, and panelled wood.
Subject
Figures
Japanese
geisha
servants
activity
changing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
KoT.04.04
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Date
1890
Medium
woodblock on paper
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.15
Description
A group of six women dressed in kimonos are surrounded by large leafy taro plants. They are and are reacting to a woman falling on the right side of the image. The background left and right is decorated with silhouettes of trees. There are signatures or markings at the bottom right and the upper le…
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Artist
Yoshu Chikanobu (1838 – 1912, Japanese)
Title
Ki ippogan
Date
1890
Medium
woodblock on paper
Dimensions
35.5 x 70 cm
Description
A group of six women dressed in kimonos are surrounded by large leafy taro plants. They are and are reacting to a woman falling on the right side of the image. The background left and right is decorated with silhouettes of trees. There are signatures or markings at the bottom right and the upper left.
Subject
women
Japanese
vegetation
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ChY.04.15
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My mountain tops : the romance of a journey across the Canadian Rockies

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1912
Author
Randle, Lalah Ruth
Publisher
New York : Neale
Call Number
02.6 R15
Author
Randle, Lalah Ruth
Publisher
New York : Neale
Published Date
1912
Physical Description
76p
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Banff
Japanese
Sanitarium Hotel
Call Number
02.6 R15
Collection
Archives Library
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Japan day by day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83; with illustrations from sketches in the author's Journal

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1917
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Call Number
02.1 M83j
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Responsibility
Edward S. Morse
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Published Date
1917
Physical Description
2 vol. front., illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 1 of 2
Subjects
Japanese
Morse, Edward Sylvestre
Notes
Description under author's name reads: Formerly professor in the Imperial University of Tokyo, member of the Japan society of New York, member of the Japan society of London, author of "Japanese homes and their surroundings", etc.
Edward Morse is Catharine Whyte's grandfather
Accession Number
50,500 09-09-02
Call Number
02.1 M83j
Collection
Archives Library
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Japan day by day, 1877, 1878-79, 1882-83; with illustrations from sketches in the author's Journal

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1917
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Call Number
02.1 M83j2
Author
Morse, Edward S.
Responsibility
Edward S. Morse
Publisher
Boston, Houghton
Published Date
1917
Physical Description
2 vol. front., illus.
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Volume 2 of 2
Subjects
Japanese
Morse, Edward Sylvestre
Notes
Description under author's name reads: Formerly professor in the Imperial University of Tokyo, member of the Japan society of New York, member of the Japan society of London, author of "Japanese homes and their surroundings", etc.
Edward Morse is Catharine Whyte's grandfather
Accession Number
50,500 09-09-02
Call Number
02.1 M83j2
Collection
Archives Library
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Date
1921
Medium
pastel on paper
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.271
Description
orange, white and red Japanese lantern with floral design
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Artist
Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C. (1906 – 1979, Canadian)
Title
Untitled
Date
1921
Medium
pastel on paper
Dimensions
30.0 x 23.0 cm
Description
orange, white and red Japanese lantern with floral design
Subject
Japanese lantern
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyC.03.271
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1925
Publisher
[Japan]
Call Number
F1090 A43 J3 1925
Publisher
[Japan]
Published Date
1925
Physical Description
p. 1-81?, 250-291 : ill
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Alberta, Mount
Expeditions
Mountaineers, Japanese
Notes
Text in Japanese
Call Number
F1090 A43 J3 1925
Collection
Alpine Club of Canada Library
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Date
1925
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
108.04.1103 a,b
Description
(a) Long silk climbing rope, looped and coiled. (b) Original cardboard box with ACC note regarding useMade in Japan.
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Title
Climbing Rope
Date
1925
Material
fibre
Description
(a) Long silk climbing rope, looped and coiled. (b) Original cardboard box with ACC note regarding useMade in Japan.
Subject
sports
climbing
Japanese
Yuko Maki
Emperor of Japan
Mount Alberta
Credit
Gift of Alpine Club of Canada, Canmore, 1973
Catalogue Number
108.04.1103 a,b
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The album of Toshogu at Nikko

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1929
Call Number
06.1 J11t
Responsibility
Printer : Minoru Otsuka, Tokyo; Printer place : Otsuka Kojyukusha, Tokyo
Published Date
1929
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Japan
Japanese
Abstract
Pertains to images of scared shrines, temples and carvings featured at the shrine of Toshogu in Nikko, Japan. The album captures images of ancient sacred meeting places, granting the viewer a chance to delve into traditional Japanese culture. Today, the Toshogu shrine continues to be immensely popular, drawing together tourist from all around the world.
Accession Number
2019.64
Call Number
06.1 J11t
Collection
Archives Library
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