5 Pieces Of Embroidery
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1991
name: label: Donor Name
content: No Information
notes: label: Notes
content: As of 2009, T number catalogue card is missing. 5 partial panels of embroidery on a pale sea green silk ground: Panel 1 is embroidered in the center in gold "The Welcome Society of Japan". A border of chrysanthemum floral embroidery surrounds the text. Panel 2 is a small additional fragmentary piece of chrysanthemum embroidery. Panels 3 - 5 are panels of embroidery with cherry blossom designs. The panels are partial/fragmentary and once had frames, additional borders, or were attached to something else. The panel with text was once mistakenly thought to be Catalogue No. E274913. In March 1893, a voluntary organization called Kihin-Kai (The Welcome Society of Japan), headquartered in Tokyo Shokokai (the predecessor of the present Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry), was formed to promote foreign tourism. The society welcomed foreign visitors to Japan and assisted them during their stay, including supplying guides, producing guide books and maps. Kihin-Kai was funded by donations from railways and international shipping companies, hotels and inns, department stores, profiting from foreign tourists. However, in 1906, all major railway companies were nationalized into government railways in line with the Railway Nationalization Bill, radically slashing the resources of Kihin-Kai and disrupting its operation. Its imminent collapse was averted by Yoshio Kinoshita, a government railway official. He had studied in Europe and was well aware of the necessity for promotion to attract foreign tourists. In March 1912, the Japan Tourist Bureau (predecessor of Japan Travel Bureau (JTB)) was founded under his leadership.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 999999
label: USNM Number
content: ET481-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Embroidery