The Barbara Curtis Adachi Hands of Japan Collection, 1942-2003 (bulk 1970-1993).

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The Barbara Curtis Adachi Hands of Japan Collection, 1942-2003 (bulk 1970-1993).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/502556703

This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, slides, audio and video cassettes, negatives, transparencies, articles, books, ephemera, postcards and realia objects. Materials created and collected for the Hands of Japan series (1971-1981) and The Living Treasures of Japan (1973) include recorded interviews on audio tapes, slides, photographs, negatives, notes and printed materials. The areas of Japanese arts, handicrafts and performing arts covered in this series include: bamboo crafts, basket weaving, brooms, brushes, calligraphy, carpentry, combs, embroidery, fans, furniture, gardening, homespun, kabuki theater, kettles, kites, knives, lacquers, netsuke carving, papermaking, confectioneries, pottery, puppet theaters, scissors, sieves, tatamis, textiles, umbrellas, and woodblock prints (ukiyoe). Manuscripts include her published works, such as The Living Treasures of Japan, the Hands of Japan series, and other newspaper articles, as well as non-published works, such as notes written for lectures and book proposals. Printed materials for Kabuki performances held at Kabuki-za, the National Theatre of Japan, and other theaters include Japanese and English programs, fliers, and synopses, dated 1971-1995.

22 linear feet of paper materials, 2,449 slides, 5,200+ photographs, 886 strips of 35mm negatives, medium-size negatives and transparencies, 129 audio and 3 video cassettes, and several realia objects.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, East Asian Library

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Columbia University in the City of New York, East Asian Library

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