Object number2016.27.3a&b
Group of Five Men (Three Seated, Two Standing)
Date1891
Artist
Sojiro Kotani of Kyoto
(Japanese, active 1859-1904)
CultureJapanese
MediumAmbrotype in original kiri wood case
DimensionsOther (Glass): 4 5/8 × 3 3/8 in. (4 5/8 × 3 3/8 in.)
Other (Woodbox): 5 × 3 7/8 × 5/8 in. (5 × 3 7/8 × 5/8 in.)
Other (Woodbox): 5 × 3 7/8 × 5/8 in. (5 × 3 7/8 × 5/8 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
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Japanese (Kyoto)
1868-1912
Culture: Japanese