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Abalone Fishing in Kazusa Province: Wanting to Eavesdrop

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A woman in an elaborately decorated kimono is seated in the foreground. A seascape with a fisherman is seen behind the woman. On the right side of the artwork are several insets with Japanese text.
Date: 1852
Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshitori-jo
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Accounting

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An grounded airplane is depicted in the monochromatic postcard.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Accounting

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The monochromatic postcard includes a depiction of an airplane in the air. There is some Japanese text along the bottom edge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

American Made

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Recording of Anna-Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner's American Made. It is an electroacoustic piece using various English and Japanese sound fragments to recreate the sound of a motorcycle's exhaust.
Date: 1988
Creator: Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2009 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2009

The white paper on comprehensive environmental policy describes the role of Japan's economy in a sound global environment. In the first part, the report describes current the environmental conditions of the Earth and of Japan, human activities in Japan and overseas, their environmental impacts, and the pathway to the environmental century. The second part of the white paper reports on various measures.
Date: November 2009
Creator: [Japan] Ministry of the Environment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Atami Hotel Postcard]

Postcard addressed to Mrs. E.A. Wakeham from her daughter. The image on the postcard is of the Atami Hotel and "Atami Hotel, Atami Hot Springs" is printed on the front along with some Japanese characters. The correspondence on the back reads "Dearest Mother - We spent a wonderful three days at this hotel. We were able to get European style rooms for two nights. One night we stayed was in Japanese style - was [...] experience - sleeping on the floor and wearing no shoes in the room. Beautiful [scenery] and etc. [...]"
Date: July 13, 1952
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Beaded graphic dress

Dress of bright green silk chiffon printed with multicolor shapes and with all-over scattered sequins and beading. The printed design includes circles, flowers, and fluid lines and triangles in shades of pink, yellow, blue, orange, and violet. The sequins are clear, and are secured with tiny colored beads, the colors of which match the color of the dress over which they are sewn. The full-length A-line sheath has a high,round neckline and U-shaped back with beaded band trim at neckline. The long sleeves have five non-functioning beaded buttons at wrist, and five hidden snap closures from wrist. The dress has an attached underdress of matte silk printed with same design as the overdress. The garment is fully lined with cream silk jacquard of repeated pattern of Hanae Mori's name. The underdress has a zipper closure at center back from neckline to above waist. The overdress has a series of hidden snaps to conceal the zipper, and a line of eight beaded buttons matching those on the sleeves, also non-functional. A single hook-and-loop closure at neck secures the top of the garment. Designer's label at left of zipper: "[Japanese characters] / Hanae Mori"
Date: 1973
Creator: Mori, Hanae
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Bicycle parking]

Photograph of bicycle parking in Tokyo, Japan. A row of bikes leads from foreground to background. A pedestrian walkway is visible to the right of the bicycle parking. The walkway passes rows of shops.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Brave Combo poster]

Poster advertising a concert by Brave Combo on Tuesday, March 5 and Wednesday, March 6 at Shibuya Club Quattro. Poster features a photograph of four band members holding a string of plastic owl shaped lanterns. The photograph lays on a red background and is overlaid with text in English and Japanese giving performance details.
Date: 1991~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Busy Street in Tokyo]

Photograph of a busy street, most likely in Tokyo, Japan. There are many people on the street and signs on the buildings.
Date: 195X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

C.A.S.

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Recording of Boyko Stoyanov's C.A.S. Stoyanov was inspired by the interpretation of Chopin's Op. 30, no. 1 by the Japanese pianist Rikako Akatsu, performed at the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. In this work, the composer wanted to create a unique form, the basis of which provided by the electroacoustic music.
Date: 1980
Creator: Stoyanov, Boyko
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Car Flipped Over]

Photograph of a car that is flipped over in the street and burning. There are several people looking on, including one man in the foreground crouching, and one man holding a baton.
Date: 195X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Catchwave 71

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Recording of Takehisa Kosugi's Catchwave 71.
Date: 1971
Creator: Kosugi, Takehisa
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

The Charge

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The vertically oriented postcard depicts in a monochromatic palette some soldiers fighting with one down, partially seen. There is some Japanese script in the upper portion in a heavy black font.
Date: 1905~
Creator: Wada Eisaku
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cherry Blossoms at the Kiyomizu-do in Ueno

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The vertically oriented postcard depicts a tree in the foreground and a red pagoda style building in the background. Some Japanese text in black ink is in the lower portion of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Creator: Nakamura Fusetsu
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chûjô-hime

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A roundel in the center features a woman in a highly patterned kimono holding two pieces of a vegetable. A lotus blossom is featured on the roundel. In the uppermost portion of the piece is a rectangular inset with Japanese text and double row of cloud formations. A large leaf extends below and from underneath the roundel on the lower right side. A narrow band on the right side of the artwork graduates from yellow to blue and also includes Japanese text.
Date: 1843~
Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

[City House]

Photograph of a house in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The outer gate of the house is visible in the foreground. Behind the gate, trees are visible in front of the house.
Date: 1978
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping from Japan: Sports team global tour] (open access)

[Clipping from Japan: Sports team global tour]

Newspaper clipping from Japan from the Bob Kap collection from December 1967. The newspaper clipping reports of a sports team arriving in Japan and will match with a Japanese sports team as part of their global tour. The clipping includes a photograph of American athletes posing in front of an airplane and waving their hats.
Date: December 1967
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library

Commemorating the Launching Ceremony of the Japanese Battleship Kurama

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A stylized sun rises in the background to shine upon flowers, doves, and a hammer.
Date: 1907
Creator: Wada Eisaku
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Commemoration of Launch of New Regatta Boat

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The vertically oriented postcard depicts an aerial view of a boat and its team of rowers. Inside a depiction of a life saver ring and along the lower edge is some Japanese text.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sato Hakubunsha
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Commemoration of the Victory of the Japanese Troops

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The vertically oriented postcard features a soldier on horseback carrying a flag in the foreground and the background insert includes a line of soldiers in outline and a portrait of a man and a woman in oval monochromatic insets.
Date: 1906
Creator: Sugiura Hisui
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Contr'gris

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Recording of Michel Karsky's Contr'gris. This work was created for the Autumn Music Festival in Moscow and includes spoken Japanese and French text. The word "grisaille" is repeated several times and this composition plays on the notion of "grisaille". The title was recommended to the composer by a Russian musicologist who emphasized the importance of an accent when speaking it.
Date: 2001
Creator: Karsky, Michel, 1936-
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Couple with Umbrella Behind Tree

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A large tree trunk figures prominently in the composition and a couple behind the tree are underneath an umbrella. The colors of the postcard are muted and along the left hand edge is some Japanese text.
Date: 1909
Creator: Kaburaki Kiyokata
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library

Desiring the Favor of an Answer; Mino Province

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A woman is prominent in the foreground. She wears a red patterned kimono and a white loose head scarf. Insets with Japanese text are on both sides of the artwork. Behind her is a seascape and landscape with two men.
Date: 1852
Creator: Utagawa Kuniyoshi & Utagawa Yoshiiku
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library