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Bill Baily Film, 1938

Created1938

DescriptionAmateur silent motion picture made by "Varsity" Bill Baily, proprietor of the Varsity Inn at College Avenue and 8th Street (University Drive). Student activities, the Arizona State Teacher's College campus, the Tempe railroad station, Homecoming parade and football at Goodwin Stadium are depicted.

Bill Baily Film, 1937

Created1937

Description

Amateur silent motion picture made by "Varsity" Bill Baily, proprietor of the Varsity Inn at College Avenue and 8th Street (University Drive). Student activities, the Arizona State Teacher's College campus and Goodwin Stadium are depicted. The film was labelled 1937 but individual clips may have been made as late as…

Amateur silent motion picture made by "Varsity" Bill Baily, proprietor of the Varsity Inn at College Avenue and 8th Street (University Drive). Student activities, the Arizona State Teacher's College campus and Goodwin Stadium are depicted. The film was labelled 1937 but individual clips may have been made as late as 1941.

Brocade Pictures for Moral Education, No. 12

ContributorsToshichika (Artist) / 年親 (Artist) / Toshimine (Artist) / 年峯 (Artist) / Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Collaborator deprecated, use Contributor)) / 月岡芳年 (Collaborator deprecated, use Contributor))

Created1883 to 1888

Description

A young girl comes to the assistance of a wounded soldier who is hiding in a barn. The text on the left, 少女の仁心士君子も及ばさる所あり, roughly translates to "the kindness of a little girl is sometimes better than what even a virtuous man can…

A young girl comes to the assistance of a wounded soldier who is hiding in a barn. The text on the left, 少女の仁心士君子も及ばさる所あり, roughly translates to "the kindness of a little girl is sometimes better than what even a virtuous man can do." Part of a Meiji-period series of didactic prints.

Yubin Hochi Shinbun Series, #466

ContributorsTsukioka Yoshitoshi (Artist) / 月岡芳年 (Artist) / Watanabe Hori Ei (Contributor) / 渡辺彫栄 (Contributor) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)

Created1875

DescriptionThis print depicts a woman in a graveyard being rescued by a policeman. The attempted rapist (right) flees from the scene. It is from a series of illustrated sensational news items that Yoshitoshi drew for the newspaper Yūbin hōchi shinbun.

First Dream: 1. Fuji, 2. Falcon, 3. Eggplant

ContributorsKitagawa Utamaro (Artist) / 喜多川歌麿 (Artist) / The Pride Publishing Company (Publisher)

Created1797 to 1801

Description

Triptych depicting courtesans, a farmer with with two baskets of eggplant, and a falconer and his falcon being ferried across a river, with Mt. Fuji in the background.
A legend holds that to dream about Mt. Fuji, falcons and eggplant on the first night of the New Year is an omen…

Triptych depicting courtesans, a farmer with with two baskets of eggplant, and a falconer and his falcon being ferried across a river, with Mt. Fuji in the background.
A legend holds that to dream about Mt. Fuji, falcons and eggplant on the first night of the New Year is an omen of good fortune.

Woman Weaving

ContributorsYanagawa Shigenobu (Contributor) / 柳川重信 (Contributor)

Created1825 to 1832

DescriptionA late Edo-period surimono print.

Woman and Reeds

ContributorsTerasaki Kōgyō (Artist) / 寺崎廣業 (Artist)

Created1888 to 1919

DescriptionKuchi-e illustration with a circular portrait of a young woman washing her face before a mirror, superimposed on a scene of a river and reeds.