1 Item (photographic prints, albumen, 14.3 x 18.6 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Asia -- Japan
Date:
1870s
Scope and Contents:
Man fastening his armor, with the help of the young woman, while three seated figures watch. Possibly an indoor studio setting. Originally part of the Benjamin Lyman Smith album.
鈴木 真一
Biographical / Historical:
Suzuki Shin'ichi learned photography in Yokohama under the pioneering photographer Shimooka Renjo (1823 - 1914). In the early1870s, Suzuki produced a series of depictions of Japanese rural life which were reproduced in "The Far East." In 1889 Suzuki was commissioned with Maruki Riyō (1854-1923) to photograph the Meiji Emperor and Empress.
Local Numbers:
R037 (Rosin Number)
FSA A1999.35 037
General:
Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
1163 is printed in both English and Japanese on lower left of print.
This print also published under title, Putting on Armor, with date 1870s. Worswick, Clark (1979). Japan: Photographs. New York: Penwick Publishing.
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.
