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 left hand corner, the number 231 appears with the title.

hand-colored albumen print

A small group of children, from young toddlers to children of five or six years of age, look out at the viewer. In the back stand two elderly people, evidently the children's caretakers. All of the subjects are dressed in traditional Japanese clothing. A wooden fence is visible in the background. The composition is elliptical.

This object has the following keywords:

• Children
• Japanese Art
• Japanese Customs
• Japanese History

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