Bridge in Tokyo
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R143 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 143
- General
- Title taken from print.
- The photographer's original title, Tokio, appears printed on the lower left corner of the print.
- Photographer
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- Photographer
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- 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
- Tokyo (Japan)
- Topic
- Photography -- Japan -- (photographer)
- Photography -- 19th century
- Bridges
- Architecture -- Japan
- Photographer
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Biographical / Historical
- Baron von Stillfried was an Austrian noble who arrived in Japan in 1868. In 1871, von Stillfried opened a photo studio in Yokohama under the name, Messrs. Stillfried & Co. In 1877, in partnership with Hermann Anderson, von Stillfried bought Felice Beato's studio and negatives, and continued to take photographs of Japanese people. He eventually left Japan for Hong Kong in 1881.
- Extent
- 1 Item (Photographic print : on mount 30.8 x 42.9 cm, image 22.6 x 28.4 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1871 - 1872]
- Container
- Box 10, Item R143
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 143
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographs
- 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
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- View of bridge over the Sumida River in Tokyo. Warehouses dot the opposite bank.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104547-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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