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Title: | Photographs relating to Japan, 1898, vol. 1 | |
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Work Type: | photographs; photograph albums | |
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Creator: | Ogawa, Sashichi (d. 1909), Japan, photographer Ogawa, Kazumasa (1860-1929), Japan, photographer Enami, T. (1859-1929), Japan, photographer Kusakabe, Kimbei (1841-1932), Japan, photographer Farsari, Adolfo (1841-1898), photographer Suzuki, Shinichi (1855-1912), photographer |
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Date: | ca. 1880-ca. 1895 | |
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Description: | Composite souvenir album containing one black-and-white and 29 hand-colored albumen prints from the Meiji period. Some photographs possibly taken by Ogawa Sashichi; other photographers include T. Enami, Ogawa Kazumasa, Adolfo Farsari, Kusakabe Kimbei, and Suzuki Shinichi (1855-1912). Most photographs were taken in and around Nikko with an emphasis on the historic Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples of the area, including Futarasan Jinja, the tomb of Tokugawa Iyeyasu at Nikko Toshogu, and the tomb of Tokugawa Iemitsu in the Buddhist temple complex of Rinnoji. Landscape and other views show the 100 stone statues of Jizo at Gamman-ga-fuchi, along the Daiya River, Japanese cedar trees along the Nikko Road from Imaichi, hot springs and waterfalls at Hakone, Lake Ashi, Mount Fuji, and Nagoya Castle. | |
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Dimensions: | 24 x 33 cm. | |
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Associated Name: | Stillman, E. G. (1884-1949), United States, collector Tokugawa, Iemitsu (1604-1651), Japan, subject Rinnoji (n.d.), Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, subject Tokugawa, Ieyasu (1543-1616), Japan, subject Nikko Toshogu (n.d.), Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, subject Futarasan Jinja (n.d.), Nikko-shi, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, subject |
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Location: | Subject: Nikko-shi, Japan Subject: Mount Fuji, Japan Subject: Japan Subject: Lake Ashi, Japan |
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Topics: | tombs; Buddhist temples; Buddhist sculpture; shoguns; Shinto shrines; gates; torii; roads; pines; rivers; lakes; waterfalls; hot springs; mountains; landscape photographs | |
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Note: | General: Images measure 21 x 27 cm., most with printed captions in English. Typewritten label attached to front cover: Photograph albums: 2 vols. 1898. Vol. 1: Temples, shrines, landscapes. Photographs in color. Provenance: Gift of E.G. Stillman to Widener Library, 1948. Historical: Ernest Goodrich Stillman, the son of American financier and banker James Stillman, earned his BA from Harvard in 1908 and his MD from Columbia in 1913. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1915-1949. A generous benefactor of Harvard University, he had many interests, including photography and collecting Japanese art and literature. Citation/References: Nagasaki University Library. Metadata database of Japanese old photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Periods. Bennett, Terry. Old Japanese Photographs: Collectors' Data Guide. London: Quaritch, 2006. Attribution: Many photographs from early commercial studios in Japan do not include photographer credits. Studios and shops frequently produced albums for the foreign market using the work of various photographers without attribution and without using the original captions or catalog numbers. Also, a photographer's negatives might be acquired and incorporated into another studio's stock. For these reasons and more, it is often difficult to identify the photographer of a 19th century Japanese photograph. |
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Related Work: | Part of: E.G. Stillman Japanese Collection Part of: Early Photography of Japan |
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Related Information: | HOLLIS Catalog record | |
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Repository: | Widener Library EGS08 KH 1755 |
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Title: | Unidentified Japanese man wearing formal robes | |
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Work Type: | photographs | |
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Date: | 188-? | |
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Dimensions: | 27 x 21 cm. | |
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Associated Name: | Stillman, E. G. (1884-1949), United States, collector | |
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Location: | Subject: Japan | |
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Topics: | portrait photographs; Japanese; men; clothing and dress | |
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Materials/Techniques: | Albumen print mounted on album page. | |
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Note: | Provenance: Gift of E.G. Stillman to Widener Library, 1948. Historical: Ernest Goodrich Stillman, the son of American financier and banker James Stillman, earned his BA from Harvard in 1908 and his MD from Columbia in 1913. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1915-1949. A generous benefactor of Harvard University, he had many interests, including photography and collecting Japanese art and literature. |
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Related Work: | Part of: E.G. Stillman Japanese Collection Part of: Early Photography of Japan |
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Related Information: | From the album: Photographs relating to Japan, 1898, vol. 1, p. 1 HOLLIS Catalog record |
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Repository: | Widener Library EGS08.01 KH 1755 |
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