Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Uncut Cartes de Visite

Summary

Uncut Cartes de Visite
Uncut Cartes de Visite
Collection ID:
FSA.A2015.25
Creators:
Suzuki, Shin'ichi, I, 1835-1918 (Photographer)
Dates:
circa 1872
Languages:
English
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Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An uncut sheet of cartes de visite by Yokohama photographer Suzuki Shinichi I (1835-1918) showing scenes of Japanese life. Most are from the famous series taken on a veranda in the early 1870s for the periodical "The Far East.."
Scope and Contents
鈴木 真一

Arrangement

Arrangement
in a box

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Suzuki Shin'ichi learned photography in Yokohama under the pioneering photographer Shimooka Renjo (1823 - 1914). In the early1870s, Suzuki produced a series of depictions of Japanese rural life which were reproduced in "The Far East." In 1889 Suzuki was commissioned with Maruki Riyō (1854-1923) to photograph the Meiji Emperor and Empress.

Digital Content

Uncut Cartes de Visite
Uncut Cartes de Visite

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.
Preferred Citation
Uncut Cartes de Visite. FSA.A2015.25. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
FSA A2015.25

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Japan Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yokohama-shi (Japan) Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cartes-de-visite Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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