MATERIAL: Hand-Written/Painted
TYPE: Contract
DIMENSIONS: 12.5 x 18 inches
ITEM ID: 5288
Japanese Seaman’s Contract
DATE
Year: 1888
Decade: 1880s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Printed and hand written contract for a Japanese seaman on board a merchant vessel.
According to scholar Peter Kornicki, “These were issued in Osaka in 1888 and the title of the form makes it clear that these were employment contracts in ‘Western style’ for employment on non-Japanese ships.”
Asia / Africa
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
