Japan Subject Collection

Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo; latest revision A. Demeter.

Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library

University of California

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010

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Guide to the Japan Subject Collection, ca. 1905-1986

Collection number: Bernath Mss 188

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara

Processed by:: D. Tambo
Date Completed:: 2006
Latest revision:: Sept. 14, 2012
Encoded by:: A. Demeter

Title: Japan Subject Collection

Date: ca. 1905-1986

Collection number: Bernath Mss 188

Extent: .8 linear feet (2 document boxes)

Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections

Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010

Abstract: The collection contains maps, guidebooks, viewbooks, and other printed ephemera from Japan, mainly from the first half of the 20th century.

Physical location: Del Norte

Languages: English, Japanese

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Japan Subject Collection. Bernath Mss 188. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains maps, guidebooks, viewbooks, and other printed ephemera from Japan, mainly from the first half of the 20th century. Materials are divided into two sections: by city/region (for materials relating specifically to different Japanese cities, prefectures, and islands), and general by publisher (for materials on Japan in general).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Japan -- Maps.

Japan -- Guidebooks.

Japan -- Pictorial works.

Related Materials in Special Collections

Manchuria Collection, ca. 1910-1937. Pamphlets, handbooks, railway guides, journals, yearbooks, and other printed Manchuria-related items, most issued in Manchuria or Japan. (Bernath Mss 98).

Japanese View Book, ca. 1935. 36 page booklet in English with printed photographs and illustrations, highlighting various aspects of Japan's geography, culture, and industry. Includes color map of the Japanese islands which also shows eastern China, Korea, and Manchuria. Also, two pages on Manchoukuo (Manzhouguo), which existed from 1931 to 1945. (SC 875).

See also the Library Catalog, the Online Archive of California, and the Department of Special Collections' website for other collections and books relating to Japan.

Cities/Regions

Hiroshima

Box 1: 1

Hiroshima, "Documentary Pictures of Hiroshima where the world [sic] first Atom Bomb was dropped at 8.15 A. M. on Aug. 6th in 1945, & how the city has been restored as A Peaceful City," 1953

Additional Note

In English and Japanese, with two clippings pasted in about the death of "A-Bomb Victim No. 1" in 1986.

Kagawa (Prefecture)

Box 1: 2

Guide/map to Kagawa, ca. 1946

Kobe

Box 1: 2

Guidebook - Hyogo Prefecture and City of Kobe, for Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915

Box 1: 2

Yearbook - 1875-1925 Kobe College & Academy, Kobe: H. Kodama, 1925

Kyoto

Box 1: 3

B. Thomson for Miyako Hotel, A Guide to Kyoto and its Vicinity, sixth ed. (2 copies), 1914

Box 1: 3

Viewbook/guidebook - Kyoto Municipal Government, Kyoto, ca. 1928

Box 1: 3

Map of Kyoto, from Kyoto Hotel / Kyoto Merchant Guild, ca. 1936

Box 1: 3

Kyoto Pioneer Merchants Association, Shopping Guide of Kyoto, ca. 1952

Box 1: 3

Map & Guide of Kyoto and Environs, Japan Tourist Bureau, n.d.

Miyajima

Box 1: 4

A Short Guide to Miyajima and Neighbourhood, for Miyajima Hotel, third ed., 1918

Nara

Box 1: 5

Guidebook/rail guide - Nara & Its Vicinity, Tokyo & Osaka: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., n.d.

Nikko

Box 1: 6

Guide/viewbook - Kanaya Hotel, Nikko, Japan, ca. 1909

Box 1: 6

Guide to Nikko and its Vicinity, from Nikko Hotel, Yokohama: Uyeda, n.d.

Sendai

Box 1: 7

Guide/viewbook - North Japan College, Sendai, Japan, ca. 1910

Shikoku (Island)

Box 1: 8

Guide to Shikoku - in Japanese, n.d.

Tokyo

Box 1: 9

Claudius Ferrand, M.A., Ideas of a Missionary on the Evangelization of Japan, 1905

Box 1: 9

Mitsukoshi: A Paradise for Shoppers, ca. 1935 or later

Box 1: 9

64th Engineer Topographic Battalion, Tokyo City Bus Routes, Apr. 1947

Box 1: 9

Japan Travel Bureau, Map of Tōkyō & Surrounding Districts Including Yokohama, Kamakura, Nikko, Atami, Hakone, Mt. Fuji, ca. 1954

Yokohama

Box 1: 10

Viewbook for unnamed temple[?], Tokyo: Seibi-do, ca. 1921

General

Commander-in-Chief - US Pacific Fleet & Pacific Ocean Areas (CINCPAC-CINCPOA)

Box 1: 11

Guide to Japan, CINCPAC-CINCPOA Bulletin no. 209-45: 1 Sept. 1945

Imperial Government Railways

Box 1: 12

Japan: Imperial Government Railways - Travelers' Handy Guide, "Special Edition for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition," Tōkyō: Traffic Department, Imperial Government Railways, 1915

Box 1: 12

Japan Imperial Railways, Japan: Travellers' Handy Guide (2 copies), Tōkyō: Traffic Department, Imperial Government Railways, 1919

Japanese Government Railways

Box 2: 1

Japanese Landscape Gardens, Tokyo: Japanese Government Railways, 1926

Additional Note

With inscription "from Mr. Hirayama, Jan. 6th, 1928."

Box 2: 1

Pocket Guide to Japan, Tokyo: Japanese Government Railways, 1926

Additional Note

With inscription "from Yashiro Yagiu, Dec. 23rd, 1927."

Box 2: 1

Travelers' Map of Japan, Chosen (Korea), Taiwan (Formosa), (2 copies), Tokyo: Japanese Government Railways, 1927

Box 2: 1

Yasunosuke Fukukita, Tea Cult of Japan: An Aesthetic Pastime, 2nd ed., Tourist Library: 1, Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1935

Box 2: 1

Manabu Miyoshi, D. Sc., Sakura - Japanese Cherry, 2nd ed., Tourist Library: 3, Tokyo: Maruzen Company Ltd., 1935

Box 2: 1

Prof. Hideto Kisida, D. Sc., Japanese Architecture, 3rd ed., Tourist Library: 7, Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1940

Box 2: 1

Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, Japan in Autumn, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., n.d.

Nippon Yuken Kaisha (NYK) Line

Box 2: 2

To Japan, China, and around the World, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line, n.d.

Oriental Steamship Company / Toyo Kisen Kaisha

Box 2: 3

Toyo Kisen Kaisha, Chicago: Poole Bros., n.d.

Box 2: 3

Toyo Kisen Kaisha, San Francisco: Sunset Press, n.d.

Osaka Shosen Kaisha (OSK) Line / Osaka Mercantile Steamship Company, Ltd.

Box 2: 4

A Visit to the Orient by the Magnificent Ships of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, Osaka: Hamada Printing Co., 1927

Box 2: 4

A Unique Round the World Service: Japan-South American Line, Osaka: Hamada Printing Co., 1933

Box 2: 4

The Inland Sea of Japan, Osaka: Hamada Printing Co., 1935

Box 2: 4

See the Inland Sea of Japan, Osaka: Hamada Printing Co., 1935

Box 2: 4

See the Inland Sea of Japan by O.S.K. Line, Osaka: Hamada Printing Co., 1937, with insert, 1936

Rotary Club of Tokyo

Box 2: 5

Guidebook - Japan, 1930

Society of Friends of Eastern Art

Box 2: 6

Postcards of Eastern Art, Series I, Japanese Painting, n.d.

Box 2: 6

Postcards of Eastern Art, Series II, Japanese Sculpture, n.d.

Box 2: 6

Postcards of Eastern Art, Series III, Japanese Architecture, n.d.

Thos. Cook & Son

Box 2: 7

Brochure - "To Japan in 1920: A Summer Tour," Program No. 15, ca. 1920

Miscellaneous

Box 2: 8

The Class Trade Unions of Japan: The Revolutionary Role and Tasks, New York City: Workers Library Publishers, ca. 1932 or later

Box 2: 8

Booklet - Japanese Drama and the Shōchiku Dramatic Company, Tokyo: Tokyo Printing Co., n.d.

Box 2: 8

[Theater guide?] - in Japanese, n.d.

Box 2: 8

S. Takashima, A.B., Illustrations of Japanese Life, Tokyo: K. Ogawa, F.R.P.S., n.d.

Box 2: 8

Viewbook - in Japanese with some English captions, n.d.

Additional Note

Possibly related to the International Exposition?

Box 2: 9

Medicine packets - paper wrappers in Japanese