Overview
From Paula Curtis Collection[1]: This site showcases an album of photographs from Constant van Mansvelt (1832-1912). Van Mansvelt (1832-1912) was appointed at Nagasaki University and stayed in Nagasaki for nearly five years before moving on first to Kumamoto Medical School (present day Kumamoto University), then to Kyoto Prefectural Hospital (present day Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine), and then to Osaka Prefectural Hospital (present day Osaka University) to help advance early medical education in Japan. The album consists of two books bound in the Japanese style with silk Japanese pattern covers. The covers have paper hearts attached to them with the words, ‘Japan’ and ‘China Burman and British Indie.’ A total of 97 images (small, medium, and large) were taken from the book called ‘Japan’ (310 x 465 x 25mm) by Nagasaki University. We hope that this book will offer not only insights into the development of medical education in Japan at the beginning of the Meiji Era, but also into the beginning of the Cultural Enlightenment in Japan
- Institution/Author: Nagasaki University Library
- Period: Premodern,Modern
- Geographic Focus: Japan
- Access: Open Access
Digital Humanities Resources on East Asia by Dr. Paula R. Curtis ↩︎