Samurai
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R023 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 023
- General
- Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Collection Creator
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
- Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Nancy
- Collection Creator
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Underwood & Underwood
- Place
- Asia -- Japan
- Topic
- Photography -- Japan
- Photography -- 19th century
- Fashion -- Japan
- Swords -- Japan
- Portraits
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Extent
- 1 Item (cartes-de-visite : on mount 10.2 x 6.3 cm, image 8.8 x 5.5 cm.)
- Date
- [1860 - ca. 1900]
- Container
- Box 6, Item R023
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 023
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Cartes-de-visite
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Genre/Form
- Cartes-de-visite
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- A seated man dressed in Japanese kimono poses in an indoor studio. He holds a katana (Japanese sword) in his left hand, a folded fan in his right, and has a small sasuga (dagger) tucked in his waist. He is seated upon tatami mats. His attire and the presence of the katana would suggest that he is part of the upper class.
- Photographer unidentified.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104486-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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