Kawa Collection

Samoan Women - Making Kawa-Kawa. Kawakawa is one of the most distinctive Pacific native plants. It was one of the most important healing herbs in Rongoa Maori (traditional Maori medicine)

Iwakuni, Japan at Kintaikyo Bridge

Kyoto, Japan at the Shirakawa River during the spring cherry blosson season

Sketches in the Fiji Islands (engraving)
1591360 Sketches in the Fiji Islands (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches in the Fiji Islands)

Sketches of Fijian Life (engraving)
1614485 Sketches of Fijian Life (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of Fijian Life. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 17 October 1885)

Kawa de no sentaku, Washing clothes in the river. Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865, artist, [between 1818 and 1830], 1 print : woodcut, color; 21.2 x 37.2 cm

Musume o seotte kawa o wataru hotei, Hotei carrying a young girl piggyback. Suzuki, Harunobu, 1725?-1770, artist, [between 1767 and 1769], 1 print : woodcut, color; 28.2 x 20.2 cm

Taharqas shrine is part of a temple built at Kawa in about BC 680. It was built on the orders of Taharqa, who was Pharaoh from 690 - 664 BC

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Discover the timeless connection between women and water as we journey from the shores of the Pacific in Samoa, where women skillfully make kava from the kawa-kawa plant, to the serene Shirakawa River in Kyoto, Japan, where cherry blossoms bloom above the gentle flow. Delve into the rich history of these cultures through intricate engravings of daily life, such as Utagawa Toyokuni's depictions of women washing clothes in the river and Hotei carrying a young girl piggyback. Travel even further back in time to the ancient Taharqas shrine, built at Kawa in BC 680, nestled among the temples of Fiji.