The image shows a vintage illustration of a traditional East Asian-style pagoda and temple set within a lush landscape. The pagoda has a tall, multi-tiered design with each tier featuring a set of round windows. The main structure is adorned with ornate roof edges that curve upward. Surrounding the building are leafy green trees, adding to the serene setting. In the foreground, several people in European dress are walking on a dirt path, giving a sense of scale and liveliness to the scene.
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Following the success of colonial pavilions at Worldโs Fairs, France initiated its own independent Colonial Expositions in the 1890s.
In Marseilles in 1906, famous architectural sites from French Indochina were reconstructed, including a towering Buddhist pagoda representing Annam.๐งต
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The image is a detailed engraving showing a religious ceremony. Central to the scene is a statue of a deity, depicted standing on a raised platform. The statue is adorned with a crown and holds a sword in its right hand. Surrounding the platform, a group of people are engaged in worship, gesturing and offering items towards the statue. On the left side, a person kneels, extending an offering. The setting appears to be an ornate room with religious imagery and weaponry on the walls.
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Writing in 1790, William Hurd noted the icons of Ceylon were "fantastic and monstrous," while one, "formed like a giant," was called "Buddu."
The accompanying engraving of the Buddha shows a curious bearded figure with a tall crown and sword held aloft in his right hand.๐งต
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A painting reproduced from Jeroom Heyndrickx, "Catechesis on Heaven ๅคฉๅ ่ฆ็: A Chinese Catechetical Painting Prepared by Raymond de Jaegher SAM and Br. Liu Yuejue CSJB Introducing the Christian Message to Chinese Farmers," in History of Catechesis in China, 255-65, eds. Staf Vloeberghs et al. (Leuven: Ferdinand Verbiest Institute, 2008).
A painting reproduced from Jeroom Heyndrickx, "Catechesis on Heaven ๅคฉๅ ่ฆ็: A Chinese Catechetical Painting Prepared by Raymond de Jaegher SAM and Br. Liu Yuejue CSJB Introducing the Christian Message to Chinese Farmers," in History of Catechesis in China, 255-65, eds. Staf Vloeberghs et al. (Leuven: Ferdinand Verbiest Institute, 2008).
A painting reproduced from Jeroom Heyndrickx, "Catechesis on Heaven ๅคฉๅ ่ฆ็: A Chinese Catechetical Painting Prepared by Raymond de Jaegher SAM and Br. Liu Yuejue CSJB Introducing the Christian Message to Chinese Farmers," in History of Catechesis in China, 255-65, eds. Staf Vloeberghs et al. (Leuven: Ferdinand Verbiest Institute, 2008).
A painting reproduced from Jeroom Heyndrickx, "Catechesis on Heaven ๅคฉๅ ่ฆ็: A Chinese Catechetical Painting Prepared by Raymond de Jaegher SAM and Br. Liu Yuejue CSJB Introducing the Christian Message to Chinese Farmers," in History of Catechesis in China, 255-65, eds. Staf Vloeberghs et al. (Leuven: Ferdinand Verbiest Institute, 2008).
A few days ago, we shared images of our scroll titled Tiantang yaoli ๅคฉๅ ่ฆ็. We've since done more research and revised the date to 1937. Our scroll is related to a painting currently held in Belgium and reproduced by Jeroom Heyndrickx in his study of it. Full citation in the alt-text.
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Jesus praying.
Jesus together with a crowd.
Details from two illustrations in Shengjiao xiangshuo ่ๆๅ่ชช [Images and explanations of the holy teaching] (web.bc.edu/ricci/indexT...), a Catholic publication with Qing-period origins. Clothing in the book appears to reflect Republican fashion. We thus conjecture that it was published after 1911.
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![The image depicts a colorful interior scene from the Ling Long Chinese Museum, specifically the so-called โTemple of Kung Yinโ [sic]. It showcases a seated image of Guanyin on a lotus pedestal. The image is centrally positioned and surrounded by intricate ornamental pillars and panels featuring decorative patterns and red and yellow Chinese text. Two lion statues flank the pedestal, contributing to the symmetrical composition. The background includes a richly decorated wall with intricate artwork. The floor consists of multicolored tiles, adding texture to the scene.
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The image depicts a colorful interior scene from the Ling Long Chinese Museum, specifically the so-called โTemple of Kung Yinโ [sic]. It showcases a seated image of Guanyin on a lotus pedestal. The image is centrally positioned and surrounded by intricate ornamental pillars and panels featuring decorative patterns and red and yellow Chinese text. Two lion statues flank the pedestal, contributing to the symmetrical composition. The background includes a richly decorated wall with intricate artwork. The floor consists of multicolored tiles, adding texture to the scene.
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The Ling Long Chinese Museum in Chicago opened prior to the 1934 World's Fair hoping to draw visitors and help erase the popular view that US Chinatowns were "immoral and dangerous."
The museum housed a large altar in the rear of the main arcade to enshrine an icon of Guanyin. ๐งต
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Art studio (Catholic orphanage) | Virtual Shanghai
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According to www.virtualshanghai.net/Photos/Image..., this photo titled "Orphelinat de l'On Ze Wehโ is in the collection of Institut d'Asie Orientale in Lyon, France.
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The book is also available as an ebook on Libby app and ๅพฎไฟก่ฏปไนฆ. It is of higher resolution there.
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They didn't specify in the book so I am not sure either. Broadly, archives of Tushanwan are housed in the Shanghai Library Xujiahui Collection, maybe some in Nanjing University Library, perhaps also the ไธๆตทๅธๅพๆฑๅบๆ็ฉๅฑ judging from the author's affiliation. Dr. William Ma knows the author Zhang Xiaoyi.
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ๅผ ไผ๏ผๅผ ๆไพ๏ผ<่ฟไปฃไธญๅฝๆฐๅบ็็พๆฏๆ่ฒๅฎถๅๅพทๆ>๏ผใๅๅฑฑๆนพ็ป้ฆไบบ็ฉๅฟใ๏ผไธญๅไนฆๅฑ๏ผ2022ใUpon closer look, there seems to be the painting of Our Lady of China to the right of Xu Guangqi, with an additional moon motif compared to Ricci's version.
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If you are interested in reading and writing about any of these titles, please send an email to t@asiancha.com. We would love to hear from you.
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Forms & Function
If you are interested in the history of book, check out this phenomenal exhibit curated by the wonderful Martin Heijdra at Princeton. It is a model exhibit in so many ways, covering different parts of the world, so many languages, and, images are in IIIF
dpul.princeton.edu/global-book-...
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Historical photograph of T'ou-sรจ-wรจ painting studio, with painting of Xu Guangqi in the middle. Perhaps this could be Ricci's copy?
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The jijin on the table, with the hat itself in focus.
The insignia of the Society of Jesus embroidered on the jijin.
The jijin on a table.
The jijin on a table, side view.
One of the Institute's jijin ็ฅญๅทพ, headgear worn by Catholic priests in late imperial China. The jijin was first described by Giuilo Aleni ่พๅ็ง (1582-1649) in his Misa jiyi ๅฝๆ็ฅญ็พฉ (Meaning of the rite of the mass, preface dated 1629). The pictured jijin is small and probably belonged to an altar boy.
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Recto of Shanghai tramways ticket, probably from ca. 1941.
Verso of Shanghai tramways ticket, probably from ca. 1941.
Recto of Shanghai tramways (or bus?) ticket, probably from ca. 1941.
Verso of Shanghai tramways (or bus?) ticket, probably from ca. 1941. It is inscribed in pencil: "From Yongan to Jing'an Temple, 4 cents | From Jing'an to Nanyang College, 6 cents" ๆฐธๅฎๅฐ้ๅฎๅฏบ4ๅ | ้ๅฎๅฐๅๆดๅ
ฌๅญธ6ๅ.
We recently bought a late 19th-c. Catholic work published in Shanghai. Cataloguing it, we found a note in pencil with the date 1941. We also found two tram tickets, one with penciled notes in the same hand. We will post about the book itself on a different occasion. For now, please enjoy these.
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A painting of Matteo Ricci lies on a table, encased in protective wrapping. Another painting is placed on a table behind it.
A scan of a painting depicting Xu Guangqi.
A scan of a painting depicting Ferdinand Verbiest (Nan Huairen ๅๆทไป).
A scan of a painting depicting Matteo Ricci (Li Madou ๅฉ็ช็ซ).
A number of paintings depicting Jesuit missionaries to Ming and Qing China, as well as Xu Guangqi ๅพๅ
ๅ, were returned to the Institute from the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore, where they had been on loan. The paintings were made at the T'ou-sรจ-wรจ ๅๅฑฑ็ฃ orphanage in Shanghai before 1915.
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Sunrise and sunset depicted in a diagram in Schall's Yuanjing shuo ้ ้ก่ชช.
A telescope depicted in a diagram in Schall's Yuanjing shuo ้ ้ก่ชช.
Two illustrations from an undated Japanese manuscript copy of Adam Schall von Bell's ๆนฏ่ฅๆ (1591-1666) Yuanjing shuo ้ ้ก่ชช [Explanation of the telescope, 1626].
The wormed manuscript has been expertly mended.
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Detail from a Tokugawa-period map of Edo (Tokyo), showing the shogunal castle.
Detail from a Tokugawa-period map of Edo (Tokyo), showing ships in Tokyo bay (?).
Details from a map of Edo (present-day Tokyo) that we have yet to catalog. The library will be closed on Monday, May 26. We wish everyone in the US a nice Memorial Day weekend.
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That's the tokugawa kamon ๅพณๅท่ต , consisting of three hollyhocks right in the middle.
23.05.2025 15:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A printing woodblock is positioned on a turntable in a light box with a camera pointed toward it.
A person is showing something on a laptop computer screen to another person.
Two printing woodblocks are placed on a table with a lightbox in the background.
Using photogrammetry, the Boston College
Digital Scholarship team (ds.bc.edu) is helping us create 3D models of some of our Japanese printing woodblocks. We have great plans for these scans. Stay tuned.
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This was an unexpected find, by chance, but turns out to be a treat!
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Two books with similar images are displayed open on a table.
Jie Zhang (Arizona State University) is helping us identify the source of images in a recently acquired early 20th-century Chinese book on the passion of the Christ.
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Jie Zhang sits at a desk studying a document.
Jie Zhang (Arizona State University) is visiting the library to do research on interreligious exchanges in printed illustrations between the 17th and 19th century. For more information on Ms. Zhang and her work, see search.asu.edu/profile/4784....
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