| 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 |
