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Manuscript/Mixed Material Taiwan fan she feng su 臺灣番社風俗

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Title

  • Taiwan fan she feng su

Other Title

  • 臺灣番社風俗

Summary

  • This album of twelve paintings is a record of the land and people of the island of Taiwan more than a hundred years ago. The surfaces of the paintings are somewhat rough and unfinished, but they show people farming, hunting, and going about their everyday lives and are thus an important resource for the study of the history of Taiwan. The album contains a preface in English by Arthur William Hummel (1884-1975), an American missionary to China and Sinologist who from 1928 to 1954 was the first head of the Oriental Division (predecessor to the Asian Division) at the Library of Congress. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Hummel, Arthur W. (Arthur William), Sr., 1884-1975, writer of preface
  • Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [China : s.n., between 1747 and 1800?]

Notes

  • -  Cover title.
  • -  In case.
  • -  Preface by Arthur W. Hummel reads: An album on the aborigines in Taiwan (Formosa). With interest in the island of Formosa growing, the arrival of a water-color album on the aboriginal people seems timely. Although of little artistic merit, the album - executed probably by an obscure artisan - depict vividly the conditions of Formosa of about a century ago. There are twelve paintings in this folded album, showing life and customs on the island. The pictures show: 1. boys learning how to pound the grain and boys in school engaging in recitation; 2. putting the roof on a house; 3. sentinel on duty; 4. picking cocoanuts; 5. deer hunting; 6. hunting bisons; 7. crossing the stream; 8. cutting grain; 9. storing grain; 10. catching fish; 11. bathing the child; and 12. planting the taro and riding a cart. Students of sociology and history would find the album a good pictoral study of the island before it was transformed into a modern community.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  彩色繪圖本, 褶裝.
  • -  清乾隆巡視臺灣監察御史六十七使臺期間 (1744-1747) 命工繪製。冊頁內有恆慕義所撰英文序文，其大意為：是本記錄臺灣之發展，雖則或因繪工有限而略顯粗糙，然仍難掩其價值。畫冊實錄百餘年前之台島風物，計收畫作十二幅，描摹人民稼穡、狩獵、生活等狀，乃社會學與歷史學諸生研究開埠前臺灣之極佳資料.
  • -  Created by royal painters at the behest of Emperor Qianlong after the Royal Inspector visited Taiwan in 1744-1747; the album includes 12 scenes of the daily life and customs of the aboriginal people of Formosa, such as agriculture and hunting; the preface in English by Arthur W. Hummel.

Medium

  • 1 v. : all col ill.

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012402171

Online Format

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Chicago citation style:

Hummel, Arthur W. , Sr., Writer Of Preface, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Taiwan Fan She Feng Su. [China: s.n., between 1747 and 1800?, 1747] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402171/.

APA citation style:

Hummel, A. W. & Chinese Rare Book Collection. (1747) Taiwan Fan She Feng Su. [China: s.n., between 1747 and 1800?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402171/.

MLA citation style:

Hummel, Arthur W. , Sr., Writer Of Preface, and Chinese Rare Book Collection. Taiwan Fan She Feng Su. [China: s.n., between 1747 and 1800?, 1747] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012402171/>.