Friday, February 26, 2010

Goody Two Shoes







A salutary tale featuring a cast of characters with names like Tommy Meanwell and Farmer Graspall. Link…

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Name Your Poisson











Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes, de Diverses Couleu - 1719 - Louis Renard. Link…

Monday, February 22, 2010

Caribbean Dust Jackets











The Carberry collection of literature. Which ones made it to the silver screen? Link…

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Shitakiri suzume






This is the Dutch language version of the Shitakiri suzume, one of the so-called chirimen bon (crepe-paper books) that were created for foreigners during the Meiji period. Our copy is a tairashi-bon (prints on plain paper). This was translated by Pieter Gerard van Schermbeek and the Dutch title is De musch met de geknipte tong. This book is the last Dutch language book published in Japan in the 19th century owned by the National Diet Library.
One of the items from the 'Japan-Netherlands Exchange in the Edo Period' online exhibition. Link…

Friday, February 19, 2010

Restoring Kathmandu









Architectural restoration project. Link…

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Monkey






Images from WorldImages at the California State University. Link…

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Japanese Brazilians






Immigrants to Brazil celebrating 100 years [2008] (Japanese). Link…

Monday, February 15, 2010

Curiosities






The Log-Book of a Fisherman and Zoologist by Frank Buckland (1891) makes for an interesting read. Link…