Insect-Musicians

In the e-library of the University of Oregon there are many books concerning the Asian region. Unfortunately, many are in formats which I'm unable to access. Of those which I am able to access, one in particular I found rather interesting, 'Exotics and Retrospectives' - Lafcado Hearn - 1914. It has a chapter on the practice of capturing and caging insects. "City-dwellers, when giving a party, will sometimes place cages of singing-insects among the garden shrubbery, so that the guests may enjoy not only the music of the little creatures, but also those memories or sensations of rural peace which such music evokes."

Historical Photographs of China

Evocative scenes from the police, customs, a minister and a company man. Link…

Treasures

Objects from the National Museum of Japan (I think this is genuine, although I find it a little surprising that they would misspell 'Treasures' and 'Important' on their front page). Link…

War Stamps

"A complete collection of original [Great] War Poster-Stamps designed by Lodewijk Schelfhout. All but one stamp is signed in full by the artist. Each stamp is 7x5 cm. The stamps were designed and sold for the benefit of War-refugees (mainly Belgians) staying in the Netherlands. Lodewijk Schelfhout (1881-1943; painter and master on dry-needle engraving) was a son to the famous ice-scenery painter Andreas Schelfhout. Lodewijk shared a studio in Paris from 1903 onward with Piet Mondriaan, and was strongly influenced by him. Later he turned to cubism and these stamps and his later work are excellent witnesses to this period that lasted almost to the end of his life." Link… [search: Schelfhout]

Anatomy of Animals

Fabulous illustrations from Hermann Dittrich in Handbuch der Anatomie der Tiere für Künstler (Animal Anatomy for Artists). Link…

Blankets as Art

Indian Blankets and Their Makers. Link…

JAANUS

Japanese Architectecture and Art Net Users System. This dictionary contains approximately 8000 terms related to traditional Japanese architecture and gardens, painting, sculpture and art-historical iconography from approximately the 1st century A.D. to the end of the Edo period (1868). Link…

The YinLiuZhai Collection

Antique Chinese ceramics. Link…