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  • In a war hospital in 1905, with every equipment of medical science : the striking progress of science in modern Japan.
  • Disposal of the dead, under police supervision during a cholera epidemic in Japan. Reproduction of drawing by Meisenbach after C. Fripp.
  • The beheading of Shimazu-Seiji for the murder of two British officers in Japan, 1864. Wood engraving after C. Wirgman, 1865.
  • Westerners at Yokohama, Japan, enjoying a lavish tea ceremony as a cellist plays to them. Coloured woodcut by Chikahisa, c. 1865, after Yoshikazu.
  • A city with western-style buildings (in Japan?), in which a western couple are observed by Japanese. Woodcut after Kyōsai (Gyōsai), 1874.
  • Hakone, Japan: a tree-lined avenue ending in a flight of stairs to the shrine Hakone-jinja. Photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1868.
  • A Christian man being burned at the stake in Japan; a crowd watching. Wood engraving by J. Gauchard after A. Feyen-Perrin.
  • Japan: the temple of Hatchiman, the God of War, on the banks of the Straits of Simonoseki. Photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1868.
  • Japan: a curio shop selling traditional Japanese products like lacquer-ware, carved ivory and bamboo work; interior. Coloured photograph by Felice Beato, ca. 1868.
  • Japan: a woman and a boy returning from a shrine, amused and startled to see drunk man dancing in the street. Colour woodcut, ca. 1900.
  • Yokohama, Japan: panoramic view of the native and European residences in Yokohama town, looking towards the harbour. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.
  • A man in Japan with two panniers filled with vegetables suspended from a yoke is accompanied by a woman carrying buckets. Colour process print.
  • Saint Francis Xavier: he intercedes for plague patients in Mannar Island and Japan. Engraving by F. de Louvemont after P. Locatelli after C. Ferri.
  • Japan: a hairdresser wearing a loin cloth at work on a kneeling man; a man in a robe squats in front of him. Coloured photograph, 1870/1890.
  • The Hon. Hoh-Ah-Kay Whampoa, C.M.G., M.L.C., and Consul for Russia, China and Japan. Photograph by J. Taylor, c. 1881.
  • Eight Japanese footballers standing in front of the large red letters 'Stop AIDS'; an AIDS prevention advertisement by an AIDS prevention organisation in Kanagawa, Japan. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • Martyrdom of Paul Miki S.J., Jacob Kisai S.J., John Goto S.J. and P. Petrus Battista in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1596. Engraving, 1667, after A. van Diepenbeeck.
  • Four figures on ladders painting the words 'Stop AIDS' representing an advertisement for AIDS and the family, an event to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 1994? in Japan. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.
  • A naked figure with a leaf hair garland and transparent shawl pulls down the 's' of the word 'AIDS representing an advertisement for 'Action for AIDS' in Japan. Colour lithograph by Kan, ca. 1996.
  • Camellia sasanqua Thunb. Theaceae. Christmas camellia. Camellia commemorates Georg Josef Kamel (1661-1706), Jesuit pharmacist from Moravia (Czech Republic) who worked in the Philippines and sent plants to John Ray in England (Oakeley, 2012) Evergreen shrub. Distribution: Japan and China. Leaves are used in Japan to make tea (normally made from C. sinensis) and the seeds to make the edible tea seed oil. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • An orange graph background with a diagram illustrating the transmission of HIV through blood as an advertisement for the International Conference on HIV and Blood Products in Kobe, Japan in 1996. Colour lithograph, 1996.
  • The sun lighting the moon within a blue and orange background representing an AIDS and HIV prevention advertisement for an event organised by the Japan HIV Centre in 1992. Colour lithograph by N. Tanaka, 1992.
  • The sun lighting the moon within a blue and orange background representing an AIDS and HIV prevention advertisement for an event organised by the Japan HIV Centre in 1992. Colour lithograph by N. Tanaka, 1992.
  • Two penguins converse about AIDS representing an advertisement for AIDS and HIV-related events between 28th and 30th November and 1st and 3rd December (1998?) in Japan. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • A woman sitting with her face leaning on her hands with a message about shared rights and responsibilies and safe sex to prevent AIDS, an for World AIDS Day on 1st December in Japan. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Two birds in the shape of condoms kiss with a red heart between them representing an advertisement for safe sex and AIDS and the family to mark World AIDS Day on 1st December 1994? in Japan. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.
  • Mahonia japonica DC. Berberidaceae. Evergreen shrub. Distribution: China, although long cultivated in Japan. Listed as an ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicines. No European or modern medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The black silhouettes of a man and woman sitting talking at a table attended by a waiter and a musician either side; an advertisement for the Stop AIDS Campaign as part of World AIDS Day on 1st December in Japan. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990.
  • Thunbergia alata Sims Acanthaceae. Black-eyed Susan. Tender, perennial herbaceous climbing plant. Distribution: East Africa. Named for Carl Peter (Pehr or Per) Thunberg (1743-1828), doctor, botanist, student of Linnaeus who collected plants in Japan, Sri Lanka and South Africa. He published Flora Japonica (1784)
  • Acer japonicum Thunb. Sapindaceae. Japanese maple. Small tree. Distribution: Japan, North Korea. Can be tapped in early spring for its sugar-rich sap although it is not as abundant as in Acer saccharum. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.