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"Depiction of the Nine Phases" scroll
Taniguchi Gessō (1774-1865), a Japanese artist during the Edo period, was born in Mie prefecture, Japan. He studied painting under Tanke Gessen (丹家月僊). He depicted landscapes, portraits, and flowers and birds (Kachō-ga) in his paintings. This scroll, the Depiction of the Nine Phases, which has a Buddhist theme, shows the nine stages of decomposition of the human body after death.
Personal Papers of Kate I. Hansen
Logan, Kansas native Kate I. Hansen (1879-1969) served as the Dean of the Miyagi College Music Department, Miyagi College, Sendai, Japan. Hansen received Bachelor of Arts (1905) and Bachelor of Music (1913) degrees from the University of Kansas. This collection of her papers reflects these activities, as well as her personal and family history, and includes professional and personal correspondence, personal records, newspaper clippings, and photographs.