Object number2016.27.2a&b
Portrait of a Young Geisha (seated), a Maid, and a Young Man
Date1886
Artist
Japanese
(Japanese, NA)
CultureJapanese
MediumAmbrotype, quarter plate in original kiri wood case
DimensionsOther (Glass): 11.68 x 8.89 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Other (Wood Box): 12.95 x 10.16 cm (5 1/8 x 4 in.)
Other (Wood Box): 12.95 x 10.16 cm (5 1/8 x 4 in.)
Credit LinePurchase, gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd (Blanchette Hooker, class of 1931), Florence Weinstein, and Eleanore Lockspeiser, by exchange
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInsctiptions (on case): (translation) Woman is a geisha; her address is Suo Province; her geisha name is Makinopsune;she is living in a geisha house run by Fujitan Jisaburo; (on bakc of case) On the last part of February, Meigi 1886, Photographed in Meichi-cho; at the bottomof a hill; near Buddhist temple
BibliographyLombino, Mary-Kay. Shape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College, 2019, p. 32 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryShape of Light: Defining Photographs from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, September 20 - December 15, 2019
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