Object number2016.27.4a&b
Studio Portrait of Two Couples
Datec. 1875
Artist
Japanese
(Japanese, NA)
CultureJapanese
MediumAmbrotype in original kiri wood case
DimensionsOther (Glass): 9.5 × 7 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Other (Woodbox): 11.4 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 in.)
Other (Woodbox): 11.4 × 8.3 × 1.3 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 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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