109. Samurais In Armour
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R025 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 025
- General
- Title taken from print.
- Penciled writing in on bottom of mount.
- The photographer's original identification number, 109, and original title, Samurais In Armour, are printed in the bottom right corner.
- This print also published under title, Three Samurais, with date circa 1880. March, Philipp, ed. and Claudia Delank (2002). The Adventure of Japanese Photography 1860 - 1890. Heidelberg: Kehrer Verlag.
- This print also published under title, Samurai Group, with date 1890s. Worswick, Clark (1979). Japan: Photographs. New York: Penwick Publishing.
- Photographer
- Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- Names
- Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934
- 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
- Armor -- Japan
- Samurai
- Swords -- Japan
- Portraits
- Photographer
- Kusakabe, Kimbei, 1841-1934
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- 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.
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic print : on mount 28.2 x 22.5 cm, albumen with hand coloring, image 20.7 x 26.5 cm.)
- Date
- [1880 - 1890]
- Container
- Box 6, Item R025
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 025
- 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
- Three men wearing full feudal armor are posed in an indoor studio setting. While all three sport katana (Japanese long sword) of various lengths, the man on the left holds a bow and arrows while the man on the right grips a naginata (pole with blade on the tip).
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104487-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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