All About the “Magic”: Looking
Through Takie Okumura’s
Magic Lantern Slides
Tokiko Y. Bazzell
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2011 EAJRS, Newcastle, UKhttp://youtu.be/WuvkQ5vZFJo

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Magic Lantern Slides?
“a transparent image on glass, approximately
3.5 x 4 inches (9x13 cm), that is intended
to be viewed by projection.”
Some “lantern slides may have images thatare hand-painted, printed orphotographed.”--- Society of American Archivists (SAA)
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Lantern slides in Japan
18th cIntroduced from Holland?

17th-19th

Japanized, called “utsushi-e 写し絵”
Re-introduced by Tejima Seiichi
手島精一 from the U.S.

1874
Meiji 明治The Ministry of Education’scommission to Taurubuchi
Hatsuzo (鶴淵初蔵) & Nakajima
Matsuchi (中島待乳), Known as“gento-ban9/8/11
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Edward Sylvester Morse (1838-1925)
Courtesy of the Maine Historical Society

The library is the repository of the papers and sketches of Edward
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Museum from 1880 to 1916.

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KBS lantern slides “The Japanese arts
through lantern slides” 1937-1938

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3) A trunk and two trays containing 4x3 ¼
glass slides—as yet uncounted—which will
be cleaned and examined by me andarrangements made for their use by theCenter and the University.

4) A projector and a key for the showing of
the above slides (I should note that theprojector is badly rusted and may not beworkable).

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Okumura Takie 奥村多喜衛 (1865-1951)
1865

Born in Kochi Prefecture in Japan

1890

Enrolled in Doshisha University Theological Seminary

1894

Arrived in Honolulu, started working under Rev. Jiro Okabe at theNuuanu Congregational Church

1896

Opened a Japanese language school, Established "Okumura Home" (aboarding school for Japanese immigrants' children)

1899

Began Hawaii Chuo Gakuin (Honolulu Japanese Elementary School)

1900

Participated in establishing the Japanese Benevolent Hospital (apredecessor of Kuakini Medical Center), Organized a Japanese boy‘sbaseball team “JBS” Founded the Japanese YMCA

1901

A two-story facility of Okumura Home was built in Kukui

1912

Made an around the world tour

1921-30

Engaged in the campaign to resolve the Japanese-American relations
program in Hawaii

1925

Published a report "The Solution to the Japanese-American Relation
Problem in Hawaii"

1951

Passed away at the age of 86

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奥村多喜衛, p. 163,「太平洋の楽園 Paradise of thePacific」“Me…ma, hana hana. Yo konai.”(My mama is at work. Cannotcome.)

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Okumura Homeca.1920
Mr. & Mrs. Okumura

All photos from courtesy of Makiki
Christian Church

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Makiki Christian Church, Honolulu,Hawaii

Kochi Castle高知城, Kochi
Japan
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Okumura’s hand-made slides

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Sekai isshu ehagaki tsushin 世界一周絵はがき
23
通信 1912

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A baseball team that Okumura organized

A photo kept at the Makiki Church

Lantern slide image

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Iwamoto, Kenji “Gento noseiki”
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http://kindai.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/833415/1
1890 (Meiji 23)
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濃飛育児院 Nohi (Nobi) Ikujiin

http://kindai.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/798853/1
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http://kindai.da.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/802467/1
1900 (Meiji 33)
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Koseisha Zasshi Kiji Sakuin Shusei Database46

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University of Hawaii at Manoa Magic Lantern Slidessite
http://digicoll.manoa.hawaii.edu/lanternslides/
Google Search:magic lantern slides hawaii

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