Details
Title Group of old Japanese [graphic].
Publisher [Japan]
Publisher Japan. 1865
Date [ca. 1865]
Physical Description 1 photograph : albumen on card mount ; mount 10 x 6 cm (4 x 2.5 in.) (carte de visite format)
Description Full-length, forward-facing, group portrait of seven Ainu men. Shows a row of four men sitting cross-legged on the floor with a row of three men sitting in chairs. The barefooted men have long, white and gray hair and beards and are attired in patterned robes. A woven mat hangs behind them. The Ainu are an indigenous people from the northern region of the Japanese archipelago, particularly Hokkaido. The Ainu culture is distinctive, with a language that is unrelated to Japanese.
Notes Title from manuscript note written on recto.
Date inferred from content.
Manuscript note written on verso: A group of Japanese old men.
Subject Ainu.
Clothing & dress -- Japan.
Indigenous peoples -- Japan.
Japanese.
Men -- Ainu.
AAPI.
Genre Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Cartes de visite -- 1860-1870.
Portrait photographs -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| cdv - unid. photographer - group portrait - misc. [P.9057.73] (Brenner)
Accession number P.9057.73