National Anthropological Archives

Yegi-Honten photographs relating to the Japanese Red Cross Society of Tokyo, circa 1904

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.86-35
Creators:
Yegi-Honten studio
Dates:
circa 1904
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
5 Gelatin silver prints
mounted
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
Photographs relating to the Japanese Red Cross Society (Nihon Sekijūjisha) of Tokyo, Japan, used in an exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904. It includes images of the Hakuai Maru, a Red Cross Hospital ship; Japanese Red Cross Society relief staff aboard the ship; the Tokyo headquarters of the Red Cross Society; two nurses with hospital equipment; and a ceremony in front of the Japanese Red Cross Society Hospital. Photographs of relief staff and nurses were possibly made to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the society's founding.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
The Yegi-Honten Studio was Yegi M.'s main studio, based in Awajicho, Kanda district. The studio was responsible for some of Japan's exhibit photographs at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904).
The Japanese Red Cross Society was founded by Count Tsunetami Sano in 1877. Originally known as Hakuaisha, it was intended to provide relief aid during the Satsuma Rebellion of that year. The organization provided medical supplies, rescue measures, and social work services. It was renamed the Japanese Red Cross Society in 1887.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
The photographs were exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904. They were part of the donation presented by the Imperial Japanese Commission to the United States at the close of the exposition in 1905 (accession 44415). The photographs were transferred to the archives by Chang-su Houchins in April 1986.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 86-35, Yegi-Honten studio photographs relating to the Japanese Red Cross Society of Tokyo, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Artifacts from the Japanese Red Cross Society's exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 44415.

More Information

Local Call Number(s)

Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 86-35
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USNM ACC 44415

General note

General note
Data furnished by Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology. She consulted Niho kokugo daijiten (Encyclopaedia of the Japanese Language) and Clark Worswick, Japan Photographs, 1854-1905, 1979.


Keywords

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Yegi M., fl. 1890s Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nihon Sekijūjisha Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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