Shōken, Empress, consort of Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1850-1914 Search this
Extent:
616 Items (approximate count)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Mammoth plates
Photographs
Photograph albums
Stereographs
Cartes-de-visite
Photographic prints
Place:
Japan
Japan -- 1890-1900
Kyoto (Japan)
Tokyo (Japan)
Yokohama-shi (Japan)
Date:
1860 - ca. 1900
Scope and Contents:
Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s), Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904), Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) and unknown photographers to depict architecture, landscapes, formal studio portraits, and daily activities.
Arrangement:
Organized chronologically by the creators.
Biographical / Historical:
Henry and Nancy Rosin were collectors of Japanese photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, most hand colored, 28 x 37 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1, Item R293 - R342
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Photograph albums
Place:
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Local Numbers:
R293 through R342 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 A1
General:
Rosin album number one contains Rosin numbers 293 through 342. Item level records are available for each print contained in this album.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 1, hand coloring, image 20.7 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of torii and temple.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R293 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 293
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 1.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 2, hand coloring, image 20.5 x 26.4 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of castle moat with water plants and stone wall.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R294 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 294
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 2.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 3, hand coloring, image 19.3 x 25.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Tokyo (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of tree-lined dirt path, with small shops on each side.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R295 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 295
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 3.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 4, hand coloring, image 20.5 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Tokyo (Japan)
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of Sumida River. Two women stand on the bank, while three passengers and an oarsman sit in the small boat. Architectural structures line the opposite bank.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R296 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 296
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 4.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 5, hand coloring, image 20.5 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Tokyo (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of teahouses along a small river in Tokyo.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R297 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 297
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 5.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 6, hand coloring, image 20.5 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of tree-lined dirt path. Note the solitary figure siting on the left side of the path.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R298 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 298
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 6.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 7, hand coloring, image 20 x 26.4 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of small town in hilly landscape.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R299 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 299
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 7.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 8, hand coloring, image 20.6 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of wood bridge over small stream in forest setting.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R300 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 300
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 8.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 9, hand coloring, image 20.5 x 26.4 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Path leading to torii and temple in forest setting.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R301 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 301
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 9.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 10, hand coloring, image 26.5 x 20.8 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of pagoda, torii, and stone lantern at Nikko.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R302 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 302
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 10.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 11, hand coloring, image 20.5 x 26.4 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of ornate temple gate at Nikko.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R303 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 303
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 11.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 12, hand coloring, image 20.8 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of gravel courtyard with stables and stone lanterns.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R304 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 304
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 12.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 13, hand coloring, image 26.5 x 20.4 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Steps leading to Sorinto Pillar at Rinnoji Temple in Nikko. A lone figure stands in front of the gates to Sorinto Pillar.
Sorinto was built in 1643 by the high priest Tenkai Sojo during the reign of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first of the Tokugawa shoguns. Sorinto was meant to keep the evil spirits away, and to ensure peace within the nation.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R305 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 305
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 13.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 14, hand coloring, image 20.7 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of small stream and rocky bank surrounded by trees and 100 Jizo statues (日光憾満ガ淵の百地蔵). Same as R437.
Biographical / Historical:
Uchida Kyuichi apprenticed under Ueno Hikoma, and eventually opened photo studios in Yokohama, Tokyo and Osaka. He is credited as taking one of the first photographs of the Emperor Meiji and his wife.
Local Numbers:
R306 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 306
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 14.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 15, hand coloring, image 20.7 x 26.3 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Nikko (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of lake with houses and trees. A solitary man stands on a makeshift dock in the foreground.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R307 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 307
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 15.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 16, hand coloring, image 20.7 x 26.5 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of torii, lake (presumably Lake Chiusenji), and mountain (presumably Mt. Nantai) at Nikko.
Photographer unidentified.
Local Numbers:
R308 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 308
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 16.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 17, hand coloring, image 26.5 x 20.7 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Kamakura-shi (Japan)
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of Kamakura Daibutsu (bronze statue of Buddha).
Photographer unidentified.
Biographical / Historical:
Born to a family of textile merchants in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Kusakabe Kimbei moved to Yokohama in 1859. Although unclear, Kusakabe apprenticed under either Felice Beato and/or Raimond von Stillfried (Bennet, T. (1996) Early Japanese Images. Charles E. Tuttle Company: Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan.) Kusakabe managed a studio in Yokohama, first at Bentendori until 1881, then later at Honcho. His photo studio was well received by many, including foreigners.
Local Numbers:
R309 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 309
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 17.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom of mount.
Short description detailing the dimensions of the Daibutsu is printed on label affixed to bottom of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
1 Photographic print (Album 1, page 19, hand coloring, image 20.4 x 26.1 cm.; on mount 26 x 33.5 cm)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Photographs
Place:
Asia
Japan
Date:
[1860 - ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
View of stream and houses in hilly setting.
Photographer unidentified.
Biographical / Historical:
Born to a family of textile merchants in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, Kusakabe Kimbei moved to Yokohama in 1859. Although unclear, Kusakabe apprenticed under either Felice Beato and/or Raimond von Stillfried (Bennet, T. (1996) Early Japanese Images. Charles E. Tuttle Company: Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan.) Kusakabe managed a studio in Yokohama, first at Bentendori until 1881, then later at Honcho. His photo studio was well received by many, including foreigners.
Local Numbers:
R311 (Rosin Number).
FSA A1999.35 311
General:
Forms part of Rosin album number 1. Page 019.
Title taken from label affixed to bottom center of mount.
This album, with covers of lacquer and ivory, was produced by a shop which used photographs by Beato, Von Stillfried, Kimbei, and others, without including their descriptions or numbers. Each photograph is described by a label affixed below the print. The work is almost certainly by A. Farsari, who owned the stock of all of these photographs in the 1880s. Kimbei kept some stock he had purchased from Von Stillfried in his own shop. Confusion and uncertainty regarding attribution of 19th century Japanese photography is well-discussed in published material.
Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Purchase and partial donation.
