Caption

Album of photographs and postcards; unknown creator;, noted; Japanese art, Meiji period late 19th century, 1868–1912; subjects: landscapes, women Japanese women, sakura, boats, torii, mountains, birds, rivers, pine trees, lotuses; cover made of 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., An illustrated scene framed by a pink arched border shows an interior opening onto a garden landscape with rocks, trees, and a thatched structure; inside, a man wearing blue and yellow traditional clothing stands with one arm slightly extended while a brown monkey crouches on the floor near scattered books and papers; a woman in a blue kimono with red accents stands outside near a body of water and distant huts; surrounding the central image is a textured beige and light gray background with a black binding on the left and a pale horizontal slot below containing a green cylindrical object; visible colors include blue, yellow, brown, green, pink, beige, gray, black, and red.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_158

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.8Mb (9.2Mb) / 15.1in x 20.0in / 4533 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Album photographs postcards unknown creator noted Japanese art Meiji period 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 album height 17.1 cm width 23.2 cm illustrated scene framed pink arched border interior opening garden landscape rocks trees thatched structure inside man wearing blue yellow traditional clothing stands arm slightly extended brown monkey crouches floor near scattered books papers woman blue kimono red accents stands outside near body water distant huts surrounding central image textured beige light gray background black binding left pale horizontal slot containing green cylindrical object visible colors include yellow green beige gray black red.