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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
Uncut Cartes de Visite
Summary
- Collection ID:
- FSA.A2015.25
- Creators:
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Suzuki, Shin'ichi, I, 1835-1918 (Photographer)
- Dates:
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circa 1872
- Languages:
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English.
- 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.
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Preferred Citation
Uncut Cartes de Visite. FSA.A2015.25. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
FSA A2015.25
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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 |
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
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