73 (Konkonchiki) Japanese Girls Playing Gam.
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R025.5 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 025.5
- General
- Title taken from print.
- The photographer's original identification number, 73, and original title, (Konkonchiki) Japanese Girls Playing Gam., are printed in the bottom right corner.
- This print appears on verso of Rosin number 25.
- 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
- Geishas
- Amusements -- Japan
- Screens -- Japan
- Kimonos
- Hairstyles -- Japan
- Women -- Japan
- Portraits
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Biographical / Historical
- The game, Konkonchiki, was a popular pastime of geisha while entertaining.
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic prin : on mount 22.5 x 28.3 cm, hand coloring, image 207.7 x 26.5 cm.)
- Date
- [1860 - ca. 1900]
- Container
- Box 6, Item R025.5
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 025.5
- 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
- Eight young women are posed in the action of playing the game, Konkonchiki, in an indoor studio setting. Four women hold a long piece of obi (sash) knotted in the middle to form a loop, while the center woman prepares to grab the tea cup on the stand. A musician strums an instrument in the near center, while two girls pose in the background.
- Photographer unidentified.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104488-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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