Caption

View of an Oji shrine near Tokyo, Sanctuaire et portiques a Oji, près de Tokyo, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Photographie de l'autoriteit.', photographer: Hugues Krafft, Japan, cliché maker: anonymous, in or after 1882 - in or before 1883, Hugues Krafft, photographer, cliché maker, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 117 mm x width 170 mm, forest, wood, road side shrine, Kanto, Tokyo, A sepia-toned scene shows a fenced wooden structure with vertical posts and horizontal beams set among tall trees, a large tree trunk occupying the foreground center with visible roots at its base, a person standing near the fence wearing traditional clothing and a head covering, a small stone statue on a pedestal beside the fence, a building with a sloped roof partially visible behind the fence and trees, scattered leaves and bare ground in the open area in front, and branches and foliage filling the upper portion of the image.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A99_230

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40.9Mb (8.6Mb) / 13.9in x 11.5in / 4160 x 3435 (300dpi)

Keywords

View Oji shrine near Tokyo Sanctuaire et portiques Oji près de Tokyo page photomechanical print inscription Photographie de l'autoriteit photographer Hugues Krafft Japan cliché maker anonymous 1882 - 1883 paper collotype photoprint height 117 mm x width 170 mm forest wood road side shrine Kanto Tokyo sepia-toned scene fenced wooden structure vertical posts horizontal beams set tall trees large tree trunk occupying foreground center visible roots base person standing near fence wearing traditional clothing head covering small stone statue pedestal beside building sloped roof partially visible trees scattered leaves bare ground open area front branches foliage filling upper portion image