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 lefthand corner, the number 1141 appears with the title.

hand-colored albumen print

In the foreground, a track curves its way through wooded mountains. On the right, foreground, three figures in traditional costume are visible at the first bend in the road. One holds a scythe, another shoulders two buckets attached to a opposite ends of a pole. A fourth figure works in a small garden next to the road. In the distance, a river runs through the valley, with moutains on both sides.

This object has the following keywords:

• Japanese Art
• Japanese History

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