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臺灣番社風俗 (Taiwan Fanshe Fengsu: Customs of Taiwans Indigenous People)
Anonymous (Qing Court painters)
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
No complete English translation of this 1747 album of Taiwanese indigenous customs was found in the searched catalogs. While scholarly works by Emma Jinhua Teng (2004) and Laura Hostetler (2001) provide extensive analysis and translate excerpts of the captions for similar Qing-era ethnographic albums, no standalone or complete translation of this specific work's text has been published. The English description found in the OCR appears to be an archival document or finding aid rather than a published translation.
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Step into the vibrant world of 18th-century Formosa through a rare collection of Qing Dynasty paintings that capture the soul of indigenous life. This text explores a society in transition, revealing how the Mo-er-sa people balanced high-stakes hunting traditions with the birth of settled agriculture.