Sujet
Looking a the new Photographic Technology 1878
Légende
a beautiful woman, Kogiku, looking at photographic portraits (cartes de visite), possibly of her admirers. Photography was so new in Japan when this print was created that the artist is also representing his country's growing contact with the western world and modern technology. The sake and grilled fish in the rectangle above the woman's head show one restaurant's culinary specialties. The long, vertical cartouche on the right calls the woman Kogiku, which translates as "small chrysanthemum," and gives the address in Saruwaka-Cho (now Asakusa), an entertainment district in Japan's capital city.
Date
1878
Crédit
Photo12/Universal History Archive/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A26_247
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
57,9Mo (1,8Mo) / 31,5cm x 46,1cm / 3724 x 5439 (300dpi)