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Buddhist Sutra “Jū-issai-fukutoku-zanmai-kyō”
The hand copying of Buddhist sutras was believed to confer great merit and spiritual benefit, so that from the introduction of Buddhism to Japan in the sixth century, numerous manuscripts were...
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Geographical Description of Tiantai Mountain
Tendaisan ki (Tiantaishanji in Chinese) is a geographical description of the Chinese holy mountain, Tendaisan (Tiantaishan in Chinese), located in Zheijiang Province. The author, Xu Lingfu, was a...
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Revised World Map
This world map was completed by Takahashi Kageyasu (1785−1829) of Tenmonkata (the office in charge of astronomy). He began the work on the 1807 by order of the shogunate government, with the...
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The Diary of Mansai
Mansai (1378−1435) was an abbot of the Daigo-ji Temple in the early Muromachi period (14th−15th centuries). Born into an aristocratic family, Mansai was adopted by Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and...
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Map of the Whole World
The first world map published in Japan appeared in 1645. Shown here is a popular version of that first map, published in 1671. It is divided into two parts: the right side contains an oblong...
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The Sanmai-bashi Bridges in Ueno
This nishiki-e (Japanese multicolored woodblock print of ukiyo-e) depicts beautiful women coming and going in front of the Sanmai-bashi Bridges (“three bridges side by side”) in Ueno-hirokōji, Edo...
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Buddhist Sutra “Bimashōkyō”
The hand copying of Buddhist sutras was believed to confer great merit and spiritual benefit, so that from the introduction of Buddhism to Japan in the sixth century numerous manuscripts were...
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View of the Mountains above Cali from a City Street, Province of Buenaventura
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows the streets of Cali, formally known as Santiago de Cali, in western Colombia. The majestic mountains in the background to the west of the city,...
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Mestizos of Cartago in a Roadside Shop, Province of Cauca
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows a mestizo (of mixed Amerindian and European ancestry) couple inside their roadside shop, possibly a food stall, from which they are about to make...
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A Llapanga and a Mestizo of Cauca, Province of Cauca
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows a distinctively clad llapanga arm in arm with a well-dressed mestizo. The llapangas, a term corrupted since Paz’s time to ñapangas, were...
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Campesinos of Cali, Province of Buenaventura
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows three campesinos (Amerindian and mixed-race farmers or farm laborers) in a rural area of Cali, in what was then the province of Buenaventura in...
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Nevado del Quindio, Province of Cauca
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820–1902) shows the dormant volcano Nevado del Quindío in Colombia. Rising to 4,760 meters in the Cordillera Central, the middle of the three Andean mountain...
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Water Bearers, Province of Cauca
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows water bearers in the Province of Cauca (present-day Cauca Department), in southwest Colombia. The woman balances an enormous earthenware water pot...
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Portrait of a Black Man from Cartago, Province of Cauca
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820-1902) shows a black man in Cartago in what was then the Province of Cauca (present-day Valle del Cauca Department) in southwest Colombia. People of African...
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Cigar Maker, Province of Cauca
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows a cigar maker, a common sight in 19th-century Colombia, where tobacco was an important export crop. The woman is sitting on the floor of the shop...
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Interior of an Indian Hut, Province of Chocó
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows an Amerindian family at home in the Province of Chocó (present-day Department of Chocó), in the Pacific lowlands of western Colombia. The scene...
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Liquor Shop in the Village of Lloró, Province of Chocó
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows two men buying and consuming liquor at a shop in the village of Lloró. The drink most likely was locally made from cane sugar. Located in the...
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Bridge on the Ingará River, Province of Chocó
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows a bridge over the Ingará River in the Province of Chocó (present-day Department of Chocó) in western Colombia. Two men are crossing the bridge....
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Exterior View of the Houses in Nóvita, Province of Chocó
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows a scene outside a house in Nóvita in western Colombia. The couple on the right are fairly well dressed and of European origin. On the left are two...
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View of a Street in Quibdó, Chocó Province
This watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) shows a view looking down a street in the town of Quibdó in Chocó Province, western Colombia (present-day Department of Chocó). In the painting, Paz...
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