Yendo (Kichisaburo) photographic plates of algae specimens, 1901−1917.

This is a collection of photographic plates, taken by Dr. Kichisaburo Yendo, who was a pioneer of algaeology in Japan and a professor in marine botany at the Sapporo Agricultural College (subsequently became the Agricultural College of Tohoku Imperial University, later transferred to Hokkaido Imperial University). It includes photos of algae specimens of Japan, deposited in the museums where he visited, while he was studying in United Kingdom, Germany and Norway from 1911 to 1914, photos of algae specimens collected at Vancouver Island, Canada in 1901, and photos of various algae specimens collected until about 1917 and scenes where he collected them.