Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Chozu-ya].
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 39/Normal/19th c./Unidentified Artists/Japan, Meiji Period GA 2010.02289
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcsf268j704
Publisher
n.d. [1860s-1890s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1860
Extent
1 item ; print 21.3 x 27.8 cm. sheet 27.8 x 35.5 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [photographer]
Medium: Albumen prints
Depiction: Close-up view of small fountain beneath protective stone structure, forest in background.
Inscribed in ink, verso: "On chozuy-a, a very interesting object // containing a holy-water cistern, made of a solid // piece of granite, and protected by a roof supported // on 12 square pillars of the same stone. It is so // carefully adjusted on its bed, that the water con- // ducted through a long series of pipes from the // cascade called so-min-daki behind the hill, // bubbles up and pours over each edge in exactly // equal volumes, so that it seems to be a solid // block of water rather than a piece of stone. It was // brought in 1618 from the quarries at Nagahata // a vill. Between Nikko & [illegible--Karasuma?], at the expense // of Nabeshima Shinano no karmi, price of Heizen. // The pediment of the roof contains a pair of winged // dragons (hiriu) carved in wood & painted."
Numbered in negative, lower right: "661".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Meiji Period—18601899
Photography—Japan—19th century
Bakumatsu—Meiji period
Landscapes—East Asia
Landscapes—Japan—Nikko Region
Fountains—Japan—Nikko Region—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/e46760fc-2cee-4d37-82f7-ebbe1cf9fe71/manifest