Putting on armor
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R037 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 037
- General
- Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
- 1163 is printed in both English and Japanese on lower left of print.
- This print also published under title, Putting on Armor, with date 1870s. Worswick, Clark (1979). Japan: Photographs. New York: Penwick Publishing.
- Creator
- Suzuki, Shin'ichi, I, 1835-1918 (Photographer)
- Collector
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- 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
- Samurai
- Armor -- Japan
- Photography
- Creator
- Suzuki, Shin'ichi, I, 1835-1918 (Photographer)
- Collector
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Biographical / Historical
- Suzuki Shin'ichi learned photography in Yokohama under the pioneering photographer Shimooka Renjo (1823 - 1914). In the early1870s, Suzuki produced a series of depictions of Japanese rural life which were reproduced in "The Far East." In 1889 Suzuki was commissioned with Maruki Riyō (1854-1923) to photograph the Meiji Emperor and Empress.
- Extent
- 1 Item (photographic prints, albumen, 14.3 x 18.6 cm.)
- Date
- 1870s
- Container
- Box 6, Item R037
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 037
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- Man fastening his armor, with the help of the young woman, while three seated figures watch. Possibly an indoor studio setting. Originally part of the Benjamin Lyman Smith album.
- 鈴木 真一
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104494-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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