1 Item (Photographic print : on mount 21.8 x 27.8 cm, image 21.3 x 27.4 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Two kago (palanquin) bearers pose next to a young woman seated in the kago. Possible outdoor setting.
Local Numbers:
R199 (Rosin Number)
FSA A1999.35 199
General:
Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
This print also published under title, "Kago, Passengers and Bearers," attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei, and with date 1880s. Worswick, Clark (1979). Japan: Photographs. New York: Penwick Publishing. Originally part of the Benjamin Smith Lyman album
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.