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Photographs of Imadegawa Kindergarten and Christian missionaries
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Photographs of Imadegawa Kindergarten and Christian missionaries in
Japan
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 709
Physical Description:
1.58 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date: approximately 1903
Abstract: Nine professionally-produced
photographs of an American missionary kindergarten in Japan, including students, teachers,
and classrooms.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Photographs of Imadegawa Kindergarten and Christian missionaries
in Japan, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Lorne Bair Rare Books, Inc., May 2023.
A group of nine large, mounted photographs depicting the Imadegawa Kindergarten in Kyoto,
Japan; Japanese teachers and medical workers; and American Christian missionaries in Kobe,
Japan. The Imadegawa Kindergarten was one of many Christian kindergartens established by
American missionaries in 19th century Japan. Six photographs dated 1903 show Japanese
children in the classroom or outdoors with their American and Japanese teachers. A group
photograph depicts members of the American Board Mission in Japan, including prominent
educators Annie L. Howe and Eliza Talcott. The photographs have credits for photographers K.
Hino, M. Hori, and S. Kobayashi of Kyoto.
Processed by Suzanne Oatey in September 2023.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Christianity -- Japan
Education -- Japan
Missions, American -- Japan -- History
Kindergarten
School children -- Photographs.
Japan -- History -- Meiji period,
1868-1912
Photographs
Howe, Annie Lyon, 1852-1943