[Taiwan Indigenous Peoples: Farmers – 臺灣生蕃 Taiwan seiban “Taiwan barbarian”]
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Title
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[Taiwan Indigenous Peoples: Farmers – 臺灣生蕃 Taiwan seiban “Taiwan barbarian”]
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Creator
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Imperial Japan
Unknown photographer
Tanabe Shoten (publisher)
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Date
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March 28, 1907 to February 28, 1918
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Description
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Black & white image printed on postcard, backing imagery and text printed in green, text in Japanese (Front: “臺灣生蕃”), English (Back: “MADE IN JAPAN”), and French (Back: “CARTE POSTALE”). Stamp area on the back of the postcard indicates the printing company (Top to bottom: “TOKYO DESIGN PRINTING CO.”; “TRADE MARK”; “千鳥印”; “登録商標”; “KANDA TOKYO”).
Published by Tanabe Shoten (棚邊書店), printed by Tokyo Design Printing co. in Kanda, Tokyo, donated by Paul Barclay to Lafayette College Special Collections.
An indigenous Atayal group/family of farmers, indicated by their attire and adornments, stand in a line to pose for a photo. Direct separation of and distinctions between “rural” and “urban” settings helped reinforce the exotic and uncultured image the Japanese empire aimed to attach to indigenous Taiwanese communities.
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Rights
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Copyright undetermined
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Bibliographic Citation
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Unknown photographer, [ip0424] [Taiwan Indigenous Peoples: Farmers], 1 March 1918 – 14 February 1933, ip0424, postcard. Special Collections and College Archives, Lafayette College, Easton, PA.
