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1976 Mikimoto Pearl Island, Japan

1976 Mikimoto Pearl Island, Japan: Pearl Divers, Cultured Pearl, Implanting and sorting of pearls—SILENT FILM CLIP

This film clip is from Thayer Soule's travelogue, Japan, archived in the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

For more information, view the catalog record:
For information on Thayer Soule see SIRIS blog post

Japan 1965 Reel 29 of 40

Cat. Reel 280 1965: Reel 29: Japan. May 20-26. Kyoto, Toba. Pearl Island. Kamakura. Enoshima. Hachiman Shrine. Nikko.

Pearl nuclei at insertion stand: note mantle (cu).
Expanding wedge to open oyster (cu).
Clamped oysters in water prior to insertion of nuclei.
Cleaning, cutting mantle strips for insertion along with
nuclei: hand tools(cu).
Inserting nuclei in oyster (cu).
Oyster with two pearls.
Opening oyster with knife, removing pearls (cu).
Hand sorting cultivated pearls: colors vary (cu).
Showcase display of pearl color variation.
Power lathe for drilling string hole in pearls.
Selecting pearls for necklaces by hand, (cu).
Necklace (cu) : pearls classified as pink (5%,), silver(20%) , blue
(25%), gold (50%).
Boat for AMA divers: cabin, stove pipe.
Boat house. Tub. Diver.
Exhibition pearl diving.
Curving pattern on mirror to be lacquered: hand tool (cu).
Lacquer mirror.
Trained fortune telling bird retrieves written fortune from
miniature shrine (cu).
Hachiman (God of War) Shrine:
Front exterior, Purification rope around tree.
Wooden guardian demon: several views.
Carved wood: 3 examples inside building.
Portable shrine: over 400 years old.
Screen picture: a man.
Complicated wood carving.
Priest's shoes at shrine entrance (cu).
Shrine building: note graceful curves.
R.C.A. Victor dog statuette.
Massive metal Buddha (at Kamakura) (*see K's notes).
Buddha statue: details: folded hands, welded joints, face,
etc. (some 100 mm).
Foundation stone of building in original position.
Metal lantern: panel details.
Incense burning pan.
Bronze lotus.
Hase Kannon Temple: interior (very underexposed).
Buddha statue: folded hands, gilded face.
Balen plates of little piked whale.
Trained porpoises.
Treasure house (at Nippo): door, brass railing, brass sidewall.
Sidewall of treasure house: characteristic brass plate construction.

Een oude film over de Mikimoto Parel boerderij in de Gokasho-baai in Japan (1922)

Mikimoto Kōkichi was in 1893 de eerste ter wereld die parels cultiveerde. De Mikimoto parels worden als de mooiste en bekendste van de wereld gezien. Mikimoto bezat Parelboerderijen, waaronder die in de Gokasho baai, zo'n 50 km verwijderd van Toba, en kocht in 1929 het eiland Ojima (aan de kust van Toba in de prefectuur Mie) dat hij hernoemde tot Mikimoto Parel Eiland. Hij maakte van het eiland het centrum van de parelkwekerij. Hij huurde ama in om naar parels te duiken. In 1962 werd het Parel Museum geopend.

De parels van Japan behoren tot de mooiste en bekendste ter wereld. In Japan bestaat er een tweeduizend jaar oude traditie van parelduiksters. Deze vrouwen worden ook wel ama, ofwel zeevrouwen genoemd. Ze duiken niet alleen naar parels maar ook naar zeeoren en ander zeefruit. Ze zijn vereeuwigd en geïdealiseerd in vele Japanse gedichten en verhalen. Lees meer over de ama van Japan in het bijbehorende artikel of kijk naar de video 'De ama van Japan'.

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BreinWekker: brein wekkende info over allerlei onderwerpen
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Bronnen:
Romance Of Pearl Culture In Japan 1922
by Department of the Interior. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:

Planning to Swim With The Ama in Japan

The Ama are Japanese free divers. There is an annual festival celebrating these women. India Rows, founder of ThePearlGirls.com is planning on swimming with the Ama at the Ama Diving Festival in Japan, July, 2017. See her planning to swim with the Ama and the next videos.. Dressing Like an Ama and Swimming at the Ama Festival.

Women Divers - 제주도 - Jeju Island, South Korea (2007)

Filmed February 2007 - These are the famous women divers that dive for sea creatures in the waters off Jeju Island in the East China Sea.

Japon -l' Ile aux perles de Mikimoto les Huitres Perlières

L’île des perles de Mikimoto est une petite île du port de Toba, où ont été produites les premières perles de culture avec succès, en 1893. L’île, qui porte le nom de leur créateur, Kokichi Mikimoto, abrite un musée et des jardins. Elle est aussi le dernier endroit où l’on peut voir des femmes plonger à la pêche aux huîtres perlières, en costume traditionnel.

Nippon Maru Engine Room, Sefco Japan - Maritime series 1r (2010)

Berthed in Yokohama harbor, the Nippon Maru training ship is viewed from on-board. Here we see a video of the ships engineer discussing its engine room. This series of short videos include images taken in and around both Yokoh,ama Bay and Tokyo Harbor.

As an island nation, Japan has along history as well as current focus on maritime activities.

Its port museums reflect this history and interest; thousands of students go on tours of the museums which help stoke interest in and appreciation for maritime science ad commerce.

Included in this series, one can see: Lift-van crates stored in transit while on the docks at Yokohama Bay, covered by a large canopy, on the dock and out of doors. (Which leads us to the question: would your LCL cargo be well enough protected, to withstand the elements which dockside or in transit? Export packaging is crucial element to safe transport of sea-going cargo.)

Container ships staged at the docks andd working their cargo (loading/unloading) while on Yokohama port and Odaiba port in Tokyo Harbor.
Japanese customs house facilities, current location and past history of their operations; port control facilities run by the Japanese Coast Guard. Japanese SDF self defense force videos. Port wind & water turbines.

Historical perspectives: on and off board the Nippon Maru sailing training vessel; Yokohama Port museum, symbolic statuary for the sister port relationship between Yokohama and Vancouver ports, dockyard photos - past and present, the Minato No. 1 Bridge - built 1906 by the American Bridge Company of New York.

Be sure to return to our web site to see additional videos and presentations, on the subjects: international trade and commerce, export and import operations, overseas moving and shipping of both personal and commercial cargo, roll on - roll off ships, container ships, LCL lift-van cargo, export packaging, international freight forwarding agent facilities, overseas transport of high & heavy equipment , and special analysis of martime history, law and issues pertaining to Sefco Export Management Company's business - including examinations of the nexus of culture, commerce, politics and national interests.

Manipur in 1935

Part of India on Film: 1899 – 1947
This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI's contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council. View more films on BFI Player (UK only)


Excerpt from Trip to Manipur (1935)

Amateur film of a road trip through northeastern India, showing traditional dances and a gigantic flower float. We think that this sequence was filmed in Manipur. If you can identify the location, please let us know.

This amateur film of a road trip from Dimapur to Manipur in northeastern India shows traditional dances and rituals and a gigantic flower float. This footage was shot by keen filmmaker William Meiklejohn, who joined the Indian Forest Service in 1910, and spent most of his working life with the IFS in the North-West Frontier Province, United Provinces, Bengal and Assam.


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Uae diver withe white pearl diving centre

via YouTube Capture

YOU CAN DIVE With the Women Sea Divers of JEJU ISLAND | Unique Experience only found on JEJU

Hello again!

In today’s episode, we are doing something that is COMPLETELY UNIQUE to Jeju Island. You just can’t find something like this anywhere else in the world.

Why?

BECAUSE NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD DO THEY HAVE HAENYEO LIKE THEY DO HERE.

Simple as that. :)

Haenyeo are the women sea divers of Jeju, and their history and cultural relevance is so important, UNESCO inscribed the haenyeo culture on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Out of a need to survive, Jeju women of the past were forced into the sea to hunt for food. As more and more women joined the community of sea divers, it grew into a culture of its own, creating a unique phenomenon to Jeju Island.

If you’re interested about the Haenyeo, or even if you just want a completely different and unique experience, make sure to check out the video! I’ll show you how you can dive with the famous haenyeos of Jeju!

#jejuisland #jejusouthkorea #해녀체험


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Locations featured in the video:

Jeju Haenyeo Museum
Address: 26, Haenyeobangmulgwan-gil, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
Phone: (064) 710-7771
Hours: 9AM-6PM (Closed 1st Monday of every month)
Fee: 1,100won/adult
Website: haenyeo.go.kr

2) Hado-ri Village Haenyeo Experience Center (하도어촌체험마을)
Address: Hado-ri 22-10, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-si
Phone: (064) 783-1996
*English unavailable

3) Jeju Hansupul Haenyeo School (제주한수풀해녀학교)
Address: Hallimhaean-ro 623-6, Hallim-eup, Jeju-si (한림해안로 623-6)
Phone: (064) 796-1515

Pearl farming in Japan -- Mikimoto and Beyond

A field visit to the main pearl farming region in Central Honshu Japan (Pacific Coast).

Mikimoto Women Pearl Divers

A demonstration of traditional pearl divers at the Mikimoto Pearl Museum in Toba, Japan.

Culture Beauty and Human Emotions-Japanese Ama 日本のアマの

Culture Beauty and Human Emotions-Japanese Ama's./日本のアマの
Nihon no ama no
スキューバダイビングギアなしの日本人女性。 2000年の古い伝統！
真珠のために日本のアマのダイビング、
もともと彼らは、海の幸のために潜る
海藻、貝、ロブスター。イカ、
ときどきウニ、牡蠣と真珠。
魚介類に今日では1ダイブ。
Sukyūbadaibingugia nashi no nipponjinjosei. 2000-Nen no furui dentō! Shinju no tame ni Nihon no ama no daibingu, motomoto karera wa, umi no kō no tame ni moguru kaisō, kai, robusutā. Ika, tokidoki uni, kaki to shinju.
Ama's diving for pearls and nowadays many seafood.

The Story behind Diver UP! Produced by: Last Night on Earth

“Diver UP! Showdown

On Friday November 21st Stray Kat Gallery is pleased to present the first edition of “Diver, UP! Showdown, a group exhibition comprised of the hottest artists of New York City's underground art movement.
Handsome and commodious, the gallery space, formerly an old meat packing plant, provides a fresh newness to the prime image by Victor Spinelli. The “Showdown” artists present a mix of traditional and new media works featuring digital art techniques, painting, and collage.
Spinelli's Diver UP has a strong quality to it, like a logo. The perfectly formed female figure holding an elephantine helmet of a deep-sea diver represents the conflict between the viewer's understanding of today's pop-culture and the conundrum of logo-engagement.

Logos have the ability to take hold in your mind in an involuntary way, breaching your self-conscious, rendering it changed forever. The Diver delivers a ready-made visual brand for each chosen artist, a brand that is unique and significant to the ever-loving fans of Spinelli's Diver UP! image.


Spinelli began his artistic journey as a self-taught photographer, traveling the world to over 65 countries, camera in hand. Out of an opportunity that literally fell from the sky, Spinelli discovered photography while piloting a hot-air balloon as a jumping platform for skydivers back in the early 90s. Serendipity on his side, he descended into a prison and took pictures of the prison warden posing with the “captured” hot-air balloon and has been growing with each move he makes.


The prominent 16 artists who will create a piece for the show are: Anders Malmberg, Carlos Pinto, Craig Anthony Miller, Col Wallnuts, Deadcell 84, DOPE, FUMERO, John Arthur Carr, Jill Folino, LightweightNYC, Nathaniel Galka,Raquel Echanique, Savior Elmundo, Sean Calen Blake, SIENIDE, SpazeCraft One and Tobias Batz.

DJ Tuckahoe Tucker Hill will be spinning solid gold beats that will stir your soul.


7-10pm
Stray Kat Gallery
450 W 14th Street, New York, New York, 10014

Trains A C E to 14st 8th Ave.

1 2 3 to 14st 7th Av

THE DIVING WOMEN

DALLA COREA DEL SUD IL TRAILER DI UN DOCUMENTARIO CHE HO REALIZZATO CON GIANLUCA CERASOLA: THE DIVING WOMEN. WWW.MOROL.IT
Il documentario narra la storia, le abitudini e lesistenza di vita legata al mare, delle più vecchie apneiste al mondo. Un gruppo di nonne che praticano pesca subacquea, la più vecchia donna Haenyeo ha 87 anni. E ambientato a Jeju Island, lisola delle donne, un atollo subtropicale di origine vulcanica, al largo dellestremità meridionale della penisola sud coreana. Anno 2008.

Microsoft Team, TOMO SIIS '16, Final Presentation, 03242016

Ise Ninja and Jinja

Dev and Kryst visiting Azuchi-Momoyama Bunkamura, Azuchi Castle and Akoneyashiro Jinja in Ise, Mie Prefecture, Japan, April 21st 2015. Subtitles available in Polish and English (click the cogwheel button)

Music: Douse Konna no ga Suki Desho?, Katanagatari OST 2, Sony Japan; buy on Amazon at

Filmed and edited by Kryst

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