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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-AEROSPACE EXHIBITION-MEDIA PREVIEW (CN)

(240423) -- WUHAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man visits an exhibition on aerospace in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 23, 2024. The exhibition, as a part of the celebration of the Space Day of China this year, features science popularization and achievements of aerospace industry, exposing visitors to a comprehensive view of China's aerospace industry and its accomplishments in recent years. The exhibition will be open to the public on Wednesday afternoon, with the aerospace industry achievements exhibition area opening until April 27 and the science popularization area opening until May 5. (Xinhua/Hu Jingwen)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-AEROSPACE EXHIBITION-MEDIA PREVIEW (CN)

(240423) -- WUHAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man visits an exhibition on aerospace in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 23, 2024. The exhibition, as a part of the celebration of the Space Day of China this year, features science popularization and achievements of aerospace industry, exposing visitors to a comprehensive view of China's aerospace industry and its accomplishments in recent years. The exhibition will be open to the public on Wednesday afternoon, with the aerospace industry achievements exhibition area opening until April 27 and the science popularization area opening until May 5. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-AEROSPACE EXHIBITION-MEDIA PREVIEW (CN)

(240423) -- WUHAN, April 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man visits an exhibition on aerospace in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 23, 2024. The exhibition, as a part of the celebration of the Space Day of China this year, features science popularization and achievements of aerospace industry, exposing visitors to a comprehensive view of China's aerospace industry and its accomplishments in recent years. The exhibition will be open to the public on Wednesday afternoon, with the aerospace industry achievements exhibition area opening until April 27 and the science popularization area opening until May 5. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

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Dancing geikos

Three young women dancing. One looks like a courtesan, and has a towel wound upside down as if drunk. The other has the towel around her head, and they seem to be fighting for the attention of the woman dressed as a young man in the centre.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐22‐0]

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A tattooed man

This tattooed man was photographed in a studio by Stillfried around 1875. The penned caption, Coolie without Clothes, may conceal criticism toward the custom of nudity among Japanese men.==Date:about 1875, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐69‐0]

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A tattooed man

This is a photograph of a tattooed man from the album by Usui Shuzaburo. The tattoo design seems to have been painted over the original design because it is the same pattern as the clothes the subject is holding. It is not clear whether the tattoo design shown is identical to the original design.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐41‐0]

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Ashigei (leg performance)

This was taken outdoors. The movements had to be very fast, but the legs and children have still been skillfully captured in this photograph. Additionally, the colouring applied to the clothes of the adults, children, and the stage is skillful.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐23‐0]

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A tattooed man

This photograph from the album by Kashima Seibei shows a naked tattooed man pouring sake in a cup in the bathroom. Tinting was done following the design on the subject's back. The colouring is rather poor.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Kajima Seibei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number84‐16‐0]

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A tattooed man sitting on a cask

This photograph from the Farsari & Co. album shows a tattooed man sitting on a sake barrel inscribed with the word Uki. He is posing, holding a teacup and a sake bottle. The tinted tattoo seems faithful to the original design.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐50‐0]

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A tattooed man

A tattooed man leans against a wall. The colours were applied following the outline on the subject's back. This is the same as photograph #3964 and #2376. This popular design was photographed by a number of different photographers.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐50‐0]

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A man and a woman covering their heads under the same unbrella

The man and woman take cover under a bangasa, an umbrella that was popular during the Edo Period. This is scene from a Japanese dance. The hand towels were also used as accessories and many had interesting designs printed on them.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐37‐0]

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A tattooed man

A tattooed man leans against a wall. The colours were applied following the outline on the subject's back. This is the same as photograph #2376.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number77‐33‐0]

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Tattooed men

This is a photograph from the album 1876 by Stillfried and Andersen. Two tattooed men pose in front of a backdrop. The tinting of the tattoo seems faithful to the original design.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐30‐0]

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A tattooed man

This is a photograph from the 1876 Stillfried and Andersen album. The tinting seems to have been done following the design on the subject's back.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐29‐0]

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A stage for storytelling

The Life of Shiohara Tasuke was written by a comic storyteller named Sanyuei Encho (1839-1900). It is a story about human nature. The musician Higashiya Koraku inherited the stage name Rakuyu in 1906. The name on the tablecloth reads Asahikawa Tsujihiro, which is probably the name of the manager of Sasakiza Theatre as of 1905 (from The New History of the City of Asahikawa, Volume 2 ).==Date:unknown, Place:Sapporo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐181‐0]

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A man with a bamboo hat,holding a lantern

The man with a woven bamboo hat may be an actor or entertainer or may just be wearing a festival costume. He is wearing a happi coat and holding a paper lantern with the word banzai (ten thousand years).==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐88‐0]

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An actor holding a broken shamisen

The prop in the rear depicts the bank of the Okawa River. The man is a street musician singing and playing a shamisen lute, but he finds that his instrument is broken. He seems to be saying, Now I can't do my job. He puts the lantern on the ground and looks miserable.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number71‐21‐0]

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A tattooed man

This photograph from a small Yokohama album shows a body tattoo. The tinting was done later, but seems to follow the original design carefully.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number69‐49‐0]

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A tattooed man

This photograph from a small Yokohama album by Ogawa Kazumasa shows a tattooed man leaning against the wall. The design was coloured in at the time of tinting, following the design on the skin. This is the same as photograph #3964.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number50‐41‐0]

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Guests and geikos at a small Japanese restaurant

A female customer sits in a guest room in a restaurant. The woman in the centre is probably the customer. The dishes are placed in front of her. The other women are filling a tobacco pipe, playing a shamisen lute and serving sake. The man on the left is a drum holder.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number49‐21‐0]

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Geisha

A geisha dressed as a man. Her left hand is placed to her hips on the sword, and holds a closed fan in her left hand. It does not look like a photo of a performance.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number45‐22‐0]

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Stage of Jiraiya,a kabuki character

A photo of set. The trees and rocks are all man-made. Many frogs and anacondas appear. The left is the jiraiya.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number44‐30‐0]

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Dance lesson

The English caption reads Dancing troupe . Three young women engage in dancing. Two wear furisode (long-sleeved kimono) and a woman wearing a hair band sticks to the woman acting out a drunk man with a towel wrapped the opposite way.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐51‐0]

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Tea ceremony

Probably a scene of tea ceremony practice. The master serves tea to a priest and two young women in furisode (long-sleeve kimono). On the tatami, there is the tea kettle, tea spoon, tea container, sweets to go with the tea and tea cups.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number18‐19‐0]

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Women in anesama-kaburi,headdress of a towel

Two young women act out husband and wife in a dance scene of walking around a farming village. The woman dressed as a man smokes a cigarette, and the wife holds an umbrella to accompany her husband, conveying a feeling of mutual affection. In the distance a farm house can be seen but this is a set on stage.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐24‐0]

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Dancing geikos

Two women dressed oiran-style and wakashu-style hold hands and dance. The oiran-style woman has a towel tied around her head to the chin, and acts out the role of a drunken, style, imitating a courtesan mesmerized by a young man.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐16‐0]

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Dancing children

Two young women dance dressed as a woman and a man. The woman dressed as a man is a warrior with haori, hakama and a wooden sword. The other woman wears an courtesan costume and holds a stick to compete with the woman dressed as a man.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number12‐48‐0]