'Japanese moosmes'

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No. 49 of 51 (PAJ2051 - PAJ2101): inscribed by the artist on the album page, as title. 'Moosme', is an anglicization of the Japanese 'musume' meaning girl or daughter. The Oxford English Dictionary cites uses between 1861 and 1921, in various spellings, and covering the meanings of 'Japanese girl or young (esp. unmarried) woman; a Japanese waitress, maid, or mistress'. These two may be geishas in a tea house, with a bronze bowl possibly holding hot charcoal and a pair of incense sticks upright at the edge.

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Object Details

ID:	PAJ2099
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Butt, James Henry
Date made:	circa 1868
People:	Butt, James Henry
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 119 x 119 mm
Parts:	Album of topographical views, mainly on the coasts of Japan, China and Formosa (Taiwan) (Album) 'Cape Town from Table Bay' (Drawing) (PAJ2051) The Porcelain Tower at Nankin [Nanjing, China] (Drawing) (PAJ2052) 'Near Aberdeen. Hong Kong.' [China] (Drawing) (PAJ2053) ' "Botel Tobago" (off Formosa)' [Lan Yu, Taiwan] (Drawing) (PAJ2054) 'Chinese Junks' (Drawing) (PAJ2055) 'At Kelung, Formosa' [Taiwan] (Drawing) (PAJ2056) 'Sulphur mines, Formosa' [Taiwan] (Drawing) (PAJ2057) 'Tycoon's Palace, Yedo (inside the outer moat)' [Tokyo, Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2058) 'At Yokohama' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2059) 'Tozenji, Yedo. (Residence of Sir R. Alcock)' [Tokyo, Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2060) 'Tozenji (Scene of the attack by Yaconins on Legation)' [Tokyo, Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2061) 'Tycoon's Palace, Osaka' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2062) 'Tombs of the 47 Ronins, Yedo' [Tokyo, Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2063) 'Tycoon's summer gardens, Yedo' [Tokyo, Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2064) 'Nagasaki, Japan' (Drawing) (PAJ2065) 'Entrance to Nagasaki' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2066) '"Waka Miya" Temple at Nagasaki' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2067) 'Nagasaki' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2068) 'At Nagasaki' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2069) 'Yobuko, west coast, Japan' (Drawing) (PAJ2070) Tasuke Bay, Hirado, Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2071) Kigatsu, Hirado, west coast of Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2072) Kigatsu, Hirado, Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2073) 'Furuye, Hirado' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2074) View of rocks and islets off Sotome (Nagasaki), Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2075) The arrival of HMS 'Pearl' and 'Sylvia' at Sakitsu Ura, Amakasu Island, Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2076) 'Priest's house, Hirado' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2077) Karia [Kariya], west coast of Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2078) 'Pagoda anchorage, Foo Chow (Tea district)' [Fuzhou, China] (Drawing) (PAJ2079) 'On the Canton River' [Guangzhou, China] (Drawing) (PAJ2080) 'Temple at Canton displaying Buddha (past, present and future)' [Guangzhou, China] (Drawing) (PAJ2081) 'Burning house for the bodies of Priests, Honam Temple, Canton' [Guangzhou, China] (Drawing) (PAJ2082) 'Canton from the Heights' [Guangzhou, China] (Drawing) (PAJ2083) 'Chinese boats' (Drawing) (PAJ2084) Suao Bay, on the east coast of Formosa [Taiwan] (Drawing) (PAJ2085) 'Entrance to Waka Miya, Nagasaki' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2086) 'At Nagasaki' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2087) 'Tombs at Shanghai (Ming Dynasty)' [China] (Drawing) (PAJ2088) 'Near Yokohama' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2089) 'Uraga, Yedo Bay' [Tokyo Bay, Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2090) At Simoda [Shimoda], south coast of Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2091) 'At Yokohama' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2092) 'Japanese Junks' (Drawing) (PAJ2093) Oshima, south coast of Japan (Drawing) (PAJ2094) 'Nibukawa (Inland Sea, Japan)' (Drawing) (PAJ2095) 'At Oshima (return from whale fishing)' [Japan] (Drawing) (PAJ2096) 'Japanese junks' (Drawing) (PAJ2097) A Japanese girl with a parasol (Drawing) (PAJ2098) 'Japanese moosmes' (Drawing) (PAJ2099) The road at Posillipo, Naples (Drawing) (PAJ2100) Start Point, Devon (Drawing) (PAJ2101)