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The Crepe Paper Books of Takejiro Hasegawa
Welcome to an exhibition of Takejiro Hasegawa’s “Japanese Fairy Tale Series.” Takejiro Hasegawa (1853-1938) was a Japanese printer who published translations of the tales with woodblock illustrations. This exhibit was created by Connecticut College’s Freshman Seminar 174D, “Butterflies and Barbarians: Representing ‘East’ and ‘West’ in Popular Culture.” It will showcase images from these books and provide additional information about his publications and translations. This exhibit includes ten of the twenty-five fairy tales in Hasegawa’s first series, published in English from 1885 to 1903.
The Women of Rome on Coins: Instruments of Political Power
In Rome, imagery and iconography of women were used to promote many ideas and many men. Whether divine or mortal, women’s images were often co-opted in favor of the current reigning political figure, government, or ideology, alternately reflecting reality or manifesting it. The Roman state, was deeply concerned with the female sphere and the purity of Roman women which was reflected on its coinage. Five Roman coins in the Linda Lear collection explore how the imagery of various female figures was used over time to support the Roman Empire and its ideals.