Caption

Album of photographs and postcards; creator, ; Japanese art, Meiji late 19th century, 1868–1912; subjects: landscapes, women Japanese women, sakura, boats, torii, mountains, birds, rivers, pine trees, lotuses. Cover: wood covered with brown and black lacquer, painted with gold maki-e, bone faces, superimposed; decoration: landscape with two figures in a boat. Pages decorated with floral and landscape motifs. Album; height 17.1 cm, width 23.2 cm., A painted scene of a coastal landscape with green rolling hills meeting a calm blue-gray body of water, a few trees with dark green foliage atop the hills, and a small thatched structure partially visible near the treeline. A red gate-like structure stands on the hill among the trees. The sky shows soft gradients of pale blue and warm peach tones. There are a few small birds silhouetted in the sky. The image includes three blank cutout openings edged in pink—one rectangular with a rounded top near the upper right, one oval near the lower left, and a horizontal slot near the middle—set against a textured cream background and framed by a narrow floral patterned border and a dark fabric strip along the left edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_156

License type

Rights managed

Available size

79.2Mb (9.0Mb) / 15.4in x 20.0in / 4613 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Album photographs postcards creator Japanese art Meiji late 19th century 1868–1912 subjects landscapes women Japanese women sakura boats torii mountains birds rivers pine trees lotuses Cover wood covered brown black lacquer painted gold maki-e bone faces superimposed decoration landscape two figures boat Pages decorated floral landscape motifs height 17.1 cm width 23.2 cm painted scene coastal landscape green rolling hills meeting calm blue-gray body water trees dark green foliage atop hills small thatched structure partially visible near treeline red gate- structure stands hill sky soft gradients pale blue warm peach tones small birds silhouetted image includes three blank cutout openings edged pink rectangular rounded top near upper right oval near lower left horizontal slot near middle set textured cream background framed narrow floral patterned border dark fabric strip left edge.