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1. [wa0003] [Four Orchid Island women] [wa0003] [Four Orchid Island women]340 Structures; 300 Adornment; 290 Clothing; 301 Ornament; 342 Dwellings; 302 ToiletFour women, two standing and two seated under a thatched roof on pavement of round stones. The skirts in this photo are similar to the classic form described by Chen Ch-lu as being ""made by sewing together three pieces of ramie cloth each 16-17 cm. wide. At both ends there are usually three blue stripes running lengthwise. The cloth is wound around the waist and held by a tightly-tied string. This skirt is worn from the age of five or six onwards....The older generation [Chen wrote in the 1960s] usually wears only a skirt; but the younger generation, probably because of foreign influence, may put on a breast covering"" (Chen 1968, p. 172). See images [wa0318] and [wa0323] for approximate color of these garments. The caption in Riban no tomo [trans.]: ""The young Yami women of Orchid Island; wives [by contrast] are never far from their husband's side.""
2. [wa0008] [Beigang Chaotian Gong] [wa0008] [Beigang Chaotian Gong]780 Religious Practices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 346 Religious and Educational StructuresThe Beigang Chaotian Gong 北港朝天宮 is one of 100s of Taiwanese temples dedicated to the goddess Mazu 媽祖, a protector of sailors and fishermen, and therefore very popular in coastal Fujian province, the ancestral home of most Taiwanese. According to legend, Mazu was born in Fujian Province, Weizhou 渭州 in the early 1000s AD. At the age of nine she began to read books, burn incense, and worship the Buddha. At the age of 13 she mastered the esoteric Daodian [lun], and began to rescue men lost at sea. The temple in Beigang was first built in 1694. The Chaotian Gong is one of the island's oldest Mazu temples, and was considered the paramount Mazu temple in Japanese colonial times. In the 1920s, the Chaotian Gong attracted between 400 to 700 thousand worshippers annually (Nihon chiri taikei 1930 p. 123; Yamaguchi 1991, p. 131). The maj
3. [wa0012] [Aerial view of Chaotian Gong] [wa0012] [Aerial view of Chaotian Gong]780 Religious Practices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 346 Religious and Educational StructuresSee description for image [wa0008].
4. [wa0018] [Orchid Island architecture] [wa0018] [Orchid Island architecture]410 Tools and Appliances; 340 Structures; 290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 344 Public Structures; 411 Weapons; 410 Tools and AppliancesSeveral Orchid Islanders, men and boys, posing for camera in loin-cloths, upper garments, and helmets. Some men are holding spears, standing on a rounded-stone wall. Kano Tadao labels the roofed structure on the left as a ""Tagakal,"" or pile-raised resting platform. He writes: ""Almost every Yami family owns a resting platform which is erected in front of the main dwelling. It is built on four piles with the plank flooring raised about 3 meters above the ground. The roof is thatched and access is by a ladder. Resting on the platform even in the heat of midday is refreshing and the refreshing cool sea breezes make it possible to forget the unbearable heat of the tropics. From this vantage point once can also see the incoming boats with their catches of fish"" (Kano 1956, p. 70). Chen Chi-lu, following Kano, writes that one ""characteristic feature of [Yami] construction is that the hous
5. [wa0024] [Paiwan man and woman in front of house] [wa0024] [Paiwan man and woman in front of house]530 Arts; 5311 Visual Arts; 340 Structures; 300 Adornment; 290 Clothing; 292 Special Garments; 301 Ornament; 342 Dwellings; 560 Social Stratification; 565 ClassesPaiwan man and woman in elaborate attire, including head-dresses and leopard skins, with trademark Paiwan slate roof, snake-and-human decorated lintel work, and upright carved-slate statue. These decorations indicate the home of hereditary elites in Paiwan society. This same image, colorized, but with the Japanese caption cropped off, was still being reproduced and sold in Taiwan as late as December, 2007, under the imprint: ""[原味台湾] Aboriginal Peoples of Taiwan"". The back matter on these reproductions is trilingual: ""盛装的排湾族男女/盛装のパイワン族男女/Paiwan couple in full dress.""
6. [wa0025] [Taipei sidewalk] [wa0025] [Taipei sidewalk]360 Settlements; 340 Structures; 344 Public Structures; 363 Streets and TrafficCovered sidewalk with parked bicycles and signs for Osaka Mainichi Shinbun (Osaka Daily News) and the Yamada Clothing Store. Major thoroughfares in Taiwanese cities have a feature that distinguishes them from those on the home island (Japan): the use of arcades called Tingzijiao 亭仔脚 to protect pedestrians from the elements (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 309).
7. [wa0028] [Southern Gate of Fort Tainan] [wa0028] [Southern Gate of Fort Tainan]210 Records; 211 Mnemonic Devices; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 712 Military Installations; 710 Military TechnologyRestored southern main gate 大南門 of Tainan fortress 台南城, known as Taiwan-fu 台湾府 during the Qing period. From Dutch times, Tainan was the capital/stronghold for foreign rulers. The masonry fort, of which the southern gate is a remnant, was constructed between 1788 and 1790, in the wake of a major rebellion against the Qing. The gate was restored during the Japanese period (1895-1945) (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 139). See [wa0154] and (Taiwan shashin taikan, n.d., 71) for pictures of the ruin at different stages of landscaping. Note the stone tablets leaning against the castle walls; these are Yuguibei 御亀碑, or Venerable Tortoise Monuments (see [wa0138])that were moved to the Chikan-lou (Providentia) in 1960.
8. [wa0031] [Burning incense at Baoan Gong] [wa0031] [Burning incense at Baoan Gong]340 Structures; 300 Adornment; 302 Toilet; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 780 Religious Practices; 788 RitualA woman stands just outside of Baoan Gong 保安宮 temple in Taipei, behind a large tripod-shaped incense burner. The burner was made in 1918. The Baoan Gong was built in 1765, and is reportedly one of Taiwan's oldest temples (Storey 2001, p. 124). The woman in the photo is wearing a ""moga"" (modern girl) hairstyle, a symbol of youthful rebellion, cosmopolitanism, and fashion-sense in urban 1920s East Asia.
9. [wa0036] [Lion's Head Mountain Temple Complex] [wa0036] [Lion's Head Mountain Temple Complex]340 Structures; 130 Geography; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 133 Topography and Geology; 341 ArchitectureLion's Head Mountain, or Shitoushan 獅頭山, Nanzhuang township, Xinzhu prefecture. In 1904 local gentry named Huang Kailang 黄開郎 and Chen Xiulan 陳秀蘭 donated funds to construct the Zhuanhuatang or ""Hall for Exhorting Conversion"" 勧化堂 to secure the peace of this valley (roof tiles in foreground). Turbulent weather destroyed this first effort; the temple was rebuilt in 1915. The Pagoda in the background is a Guanyin/Kannon temple (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 64). This photo appears to have been taken from the slope of Shitoushan looking down into the valley. With a peak of 492 meters, Lion's Head Mountain contains many caves and grottoes and is dotted with temples and pagodas. ""In 1927 it was selected as one of the twelve most beautiful scenic spots in Taiwan"" (Liu 1996, p. 67).
10. [wa0042] [Saisiat granary] [wa0042] [Saisiat granary]280 Leather, Textiles, and Fabrics; 250 Food Processing; 251 Preservation and Storage of Food; 285 Mats and Basketry; 340 Structures; 341 ArchitectureSaisiat male seated under granary, bamboo construction, raised on posts with rat guards. Seated man is weaving a basket. The storage shed appears to be the same as the one pictured in photo #45, which is marked ""Saisett"" on the back. Suzuki locates this granary in Garawan, Taizhong prefecture, and wrote ""Weaving baskets in the shade"" (H. Suzuki 1935, p.28).
11. [wa0048] [Saisiat watchtower and building on posts] [wa0048] [Saisiat watchtower and building on posts]341 Architecture; 710 Military Technology; 340 Structures; 712 Military InstallationsWatchtower behind granaries or dwellings on raised posts with rat-guards. Men are wearing vests characteristic of Saisiat male attire.
12. [wa0065] [Family meal] [wa0065] [Family meal]136 Fauna; 410 Tools and Appliances; 340 Structures; 510 Living Standards and Routines; 264 Eating; 231 Domesticated Animals; 415 Utensils; 342 Dwellings; 260 Food ConsumptionAtayal men, women, children and dogs gathered around a pot of heated food.
13. [wa0075] [Ami young men's house] [wa0075] [Ami young men's house]340 Structures; 560 Social Stratification; 561 Age Stratification; 344 Public Structures; 341 ArchitectureCircular, bamboo and thatch dwelling on stilts.
14. [wa0080] [Paiwan slate roof with decorative lintel] [wa0080] [Paiwan slate roof with decorative lintel]530 Arts; 340 Structures; 341 Architecture; 342 Dwellings; 5311 Visual ArtsA Paiwan dwelling with trademark slate roof, lintel is decorated with paintings of snakes and human faces, denoting the chiefly lineage of its residents (see [wa0133] [wa0300] and [wa0302]).
15. [wa0085] [Staging a raid] [wa0085] [Staging a raid]620 Community; 410 Tools and Appliances; 340 Structures; 411 Weapons; 341 Architecture; 628 Inter-community RelationsThese Kochapona villagers コチヤポナ社in Pingdong County 屏東郡 pose to simulate preparation for a head-hunting expedition. Suzuki writes it ""Kochyabogan"" コチヤボガン Chantal Zheng's caption: ""南部的原住民(1910)"". Zheng located it in File 26, Box 4, Taiwan/Formosa Photographs, Presbyterian Church of England archives (Zheng 2004, p. 187).
16. [wa0088] [Mt. Guanyin] [wa0088] [Mt. Guanyin]340 Structures; 130 Geography; 133 Topography and Geology; 341 ArchitectureMt. Guanyin 観音山 as seen from Danshui, looking south. Guanyin-shan has a 616m peak and is located south of the mouth of the Danshui river (Story p. 168). Li 2005, p. 105, has a nearly identical photo, at a slightly different angle.
17. [wa0090] [Monastery on Mt. Guanyin] [wa0090] [Monastery on Mt. Guanyin]340 Structures; 130 Geography; 346 Religious and Educational Structures; 133 Topography and GeologyA Japanese caption from different photo of the same monastery, translated: ""Scenery resembling the weathered Mt. Myogi 妙義山 is presented by this andesite volcano located on the mouth of the Danshui River"" (Nihon chiri taikei 1930, p. 224). Myogi-san is a mountain chain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, famous for its striking shape.
18. [wa0091] [Qing Taiwan provincial headquarters] [wa0091] [Qing Taiwan provincial headquarters]340 Structures; 344 Public Structures; 341 Architecture; 640 State; 647 Administrative Agencies; 630 Territorial Organization; 631 Territorial HierarchyThe old Taiwan provincial headquarters of the Qing government once housed the Taiwan Government General during the early stages of the occupation. In 1919, the Government General moved to the current location of the presidential palace. (Xia 1996, p. 14).
19. [wa0099] [Paiwan housing on hillside] [wa0099] [Paiwan housing on hillside]340 Structures; 342 DwellingsAn illustration of slate-roof, thatched-roof and bamboo-pole housing construction in southern Taiwan. The nearly conical thatched roof structure is a granary; the slate-roofed structures are dwellings.
20. [wa0106] [Healer and patient] [wa0106] [Healer and patient]510 Living Standards and Routines; 340 Structures; 758 Medical Care; 342 Dwellings; 750 SicknessProne Atayal male receiving ministrations of healing woman on a bed of lashed bamboo. Suzuki locates this scene in Maleppa, Taizhong prefecture.
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