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 122 appears with the title.

hand-colored albumen print

Gorgeously dressed prostitutes are standing in the windows of the Nectarine brothel in Yokohama, a world-famous house of prostitution also known as No.9 or Jimpuro (???, occasionally romanized as Jinpuro or Shinpuro). Until the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, Jimpuro was one of the top brothels of the city. It was originally opened in 1872 (Meiji 5) in Yokohama’s Takashima-cho (???). In 1882 (Meiji 15), Jimpuro moved to the less visible area of Eiraku-cho (???). A branch specifically for foreigners was opened at the red-light district of Kanagawa’s Nanaken-machi (???). The brothel was called No. 9, because this was Jimpuro’s original address in Takashima-cho.

From: http://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/284/nectarine-no-9-brothel#.Ueg0kfFguA8

This object has the following keywords:

• Architecture
• Females
• Japanese Art
• Japanese Customs
• Japanese History

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