This work is one of 50 hand-colored albumen prints of protraits and scenes of Japanese life.

Content : Gilt-edge leaves are tabbed into album with lacquer boards and leather spine, with the title, "Japan," in gold. Front cover has hand-painted and inlaid scene of a man pulling a rickshaw in which a woman with an umbrella is seated. Both wear traditional garb. Inlays are of ivory. Back cover is painted with the images of a dragonfly, cricket, praying mantis, butterfly and another winged insect, possibly a bee. End papers and doublure are of imitation moire.

Content : Views are numbered with Arabic numerals in negative.

In the lower right hand corner, the number 1347 appears with the title.

hand-colored albumen print

A view of a river rushing through a pass, with wooded mountains on either side. Sandbars and boulders contribute to making the way challenging to navigate for the 5 passengers and sailors in a wooden boat with striped cover at the left of the piece.

This object has the following keywords:

• Boats
• Japanese Art
• Japanese Customs
• Lakes and Rivers

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