University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0874Japanese Navy Ships
in Seattle photograph collectioncirca 191414 photographs (1 folder) ; 3 x 5 inchesCollection materials are in
English.Photographs of
the Japanese cruisers Asama and
Azuma , and of Japanese officers, cadets a
children aboard ship in SeattleThe Asama and Azuma were armored cruisers of the Imperial Japanese
Navy, two of the six armored cruisers ordered to overseas shipyards after the
First Sino-Japanese war. Both ships served in the Russo-Japanese War and World
War I, and both were part of the training fleet after the war. The
Asama and Azuma were
scrapped in 1947 and 1945, respectively.
Fourteen photographs mounted on loose album pages depicting the
Japanese cruisers Asama and Azuma in Seattle. The photographs may date from a
goodwill visit of the Japanese Navy to Seattle in July 1914, or from a later
visit of both ships in 1919. The photographs also depict an unidentified
Japanese ocean steamer and the motor boat Imp .
People depicted include a group of Japanese children on deck of a ship, an
officer identified as "K. Yasamoto," and Japanese naval cadets landing at a
dock. Also includes a view towards the Seattle waterfront from the water,
including the newly constructed Smith Tower.
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Source: Fairlook Antiques; received in May 2009.
Processed by Odile Dumbleton, 2010 and Emily Craig, 2011.
Accessioned as PH2009-054.
Japan. Kaigun--PhotographsJapan. Kaigun--Officers--PhotographsBattleships--Japan--PhotographsMilitary cadets--Japan--PhotographsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)PhotographsMilitary
11aJapanese children on deck of
shipcirca 1914 11bJapanese military men on deck of
shipcirca 1914 12aOfficer on deck of shipcirca 1914 Caption on page: K. Yasamoto
12bBlankcirca 1914Photo missing at time of acquisition.
13aJapanese cruiser Asamacirca 1914 13bMotor boat Imp near
dockcirca 1914 14aJapanese battleship Azumacirca 1914 14bJapanese cadets landing at dock from small
vesselcirca 1914 15a-5bDeck of the Asamacirca 1914 16a-6bViews of cruiser Asama taken
from motor boat Impcirca 1914 17a-7bJapanese steamer arriving at dockcirca 1914 18aView toward Seattle waterfront from watercirca 1914 18bBlankcirca 1914Photo missing at time of acquisition.