Samurai and retainers, seated
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R038 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 038
- General
- Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
- 1255 is printed in both English and Japanese on lower left of print.
- 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
- Armor -- Japan
- Samurai
- 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 print, 14 x 18.7 cm.)
- Date
- 1870s
- Container
- Box 6, Item R038
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 038
- 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
- Man dressed in samurai armor is waited upon by woman serving tea. Two retainers are seated on the left and right of the samurai. Possible 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-1643210100175-1643210104494-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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