The 'Miyako-odori' dancing in Kioto
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R360, R361, R362 (Rosin Number). FSA A1999.35 360-362
- General
- Forms part of Rosin album number 2. Page 18.
- Included in an album produced by the studio of Tamamura Kozaburo.
- Title taken from print.
- Title printed on bottom of print.
- Album Information
- rosinalbum2 018
- Publisher
- Tamamura, Kozaburo, 1856-19??
- 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
- Ornamental combs
- Geishas
- Fashion -- Japan
- Kimonos
- Shamisen
- Hairstyles -- Japan
- Entertainers
- Musical instruments
- Musicians -- 19th century -- Japan
- Screens -- Japan
- Women dancers
- Women -- Japan
- Publisher
- Tamamura, Kozaburo, 1856-19??
- Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan / Series FSA A1999.35 A2: Photo album from the studio of Tamamura
- Extent
- 3 Photographic prints (Album 2, page 18, hand coloring, image 24 x 19.2 cm.; on mount 30.5 x 38.5 cm)
- Date
- [After 1872]
- Container
- Box 2, Item R360-R362
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 360-362
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Triptychs
- Portraits
- 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
- Triptychs
- Portraits
- Scope and Contents
- An assortment of musicians and dancers perform upon tatami mats in front of a painted folding screen.
- Item is a triptych, consisting of three panels.
- Full title reads, The 'Miyako-odori' dancing in Kioto, which is very peculiar in Japan, is opened for about a month in April, every year; the dancers and musicians are most famous dancing and singing girls in Kioto. The photos show their charming figures as they were taken in the same manner.
- The Miyako-odori, or Cherry Blossom Dance, is performed by top geishas and maikos every April in Kyoto. The Miyako-odori, begun in 1872, was meant to alleviate the gloominess and depression following the great capital switch, when Kyoto was replaced by Tokyo as the new capital of Japan. This dance also serves as an opportunity for ordinary people to witness top-class geisha and maiko performances usually reserved for the elite of society.
- Photographer unidentified.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104403-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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