T'ou-sè-wè (sold)
T'ou-sè-wè (fl. c. 1900 - 1939) or 土山湾 or Tushanwan was a Chinese orphanage, vocational school, printing house active in the Xujiahui District of Shanghai, China. It is considered to be the birthplace of modern Chinese creative arts. T'ou-Sè-Wè, as it was then pronounced was initially a Jesuit Orphanage located just southwest of the old French Concession. The Orphanage was founded in 1864 and specialized in teaching their orphan charges practical vocations such as carpentry, stained-glass work, painting, wood carving, and printing. As a Catholic mission, the work of the orphanage often went into newly build churches, church projects, and other church properties. The publishing work of the T'ou-sè-wè printing house included numerous works both in French and Chinese on history, geography, theology the natural sciences, language, and astronomy. Their works received accolade at world exhibitions in 1900, 1915, 1935 and 1939. The Jesuits were expelled from Shanghai in 1949 by Communist revolutionaries, but the orphanage did fully not close until 1960. Today the site of the former orphanage houses the Tushanwan Museum, opened in June of 2010.
Only known example! Shows the development of the French Concession!
Plan de la Concession Francaise Changhai.
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Here in its only known example, this is a c. 1920 map of the Shanghai French Concession. Published in Shangahi by the T'ou-sè-wè Orphanage and Mission Press, this map's coverage extends form the Hunagpu River and the French Bund, westward to Huashan Lu (Haig Avenue), and from the British Concession to the northern part of the Chinese City (Old Shanghai). The map illustrates street development, important building, docs, and more. A red over stamp in the upper right features day and night phone numbers for the police and fire department. Parks are highlighted in green. (more details)
Rare Chinese-Jesuit imprint thematic map illustrating Catholic Missionary activity in Shanghai.
Shanghai Catholique.
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This is an extremely rare 1933 map of Catholic Missions in Shanghai. The map was published in Shanghai by the T'ou-sè-wè Orphanage Press, a Jesuit printing press run as part of a vocational school / orphanage situated just southwest of the French Concession. The ... (more details)