This work is one of 50 hand-colored albumen prints of portraits 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.

The photograph bears the number 760.

hand-colored albumen print

A path leads to a wooden gate and a group of ornate buildings, heavy with carvings and painted vivid colors. Trees tower behind the buildings. No people are present in this image.

This object has the following keywords:

• Architecture
• Japanese Art
• Japanese History

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