Yanagi, Muneyoshi, 1889-1961

Scope and Contents:

Includes black and white photographs of architecture and landscape in Okinawa, Japan taken by Warner's colleague Yanagi Muneyoshi, credited as S. Yanagi.

Overview: Langdon Warner (1881-1955) was a curator of Far Eastern Art at Harvard University's Fogg Art Museum from 1923 to 1950, and was an advisor to the United States military on Far Eastern shrines and art centers in World War II. The Langdon Warner personal archive documents Warner's career as a curator, art historian, and lecturer and illustrates his roles as an authority on Asian art and culture, especially on Japanese and Chinese art and culture. The collection provides a view of United...