Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Pagoda - Nikko.
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 39/Normal/19th c./Unidentified Artists/Japan, Meiji Period GA 2010.02280
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcwd376889z
Publisher
n.d. [1860s-1890s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1860
Extent
1 item ; print 25.5 x 21.5 cm. sheet 35.5 x 27.9 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [photographer]
Medium: Albumen prints
Depiction: Landscape with perspective view of five-story pagoda.
Inscribed in pencil on mount, below: "Pagoda - Nikko".
Inscribed in ink, verso: "The five storied pagoda of Nikko, of graceful form and // painted in harmonious colors. It rises to a height of // 104 ft. & the roofs measure 18 ft. on each side. This // monument was the offering in 1650 of Sakai Wakasa // no Karni of Obama in Wakasa, one of the chief // supporters of the Toku-gawa family. Round the // lower story are placed the twelve animals of the // duodenary cycle, namely - rat, bull, tiger, hare, dragon // serpent, horse, goat, ape, cock, dog, and pig carved in // wood and painted in a life like manner."
Numbered in negative, lower right: "759".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

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

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/9184471c-a5a7-4ca8-8456-54e7e22838ae/manifest