Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Shinto torii].
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 39/Normal/19th c./Unidentified Artists/Japan, Meiji Period GA 2010.02293
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcf4752w32g
Publisher
n.d. [1860s-1890s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1860
Extent
1 item ; print 21.6 x 27.3 cm. sheet 27.8 x 35.4 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [photographer]
Medium: Albumen prints
Depiction: Close-up frontal view of Shinto gate.
Inscribed in ink, verso: 'Ascending some broad steps beween two rows // of Cryptomerias, planted on stone faced banks we come // to the granite torii, a Shinto gateway presented by // the prince of Chikusen from his own quarries in // the year 1618. It’s total height is 27 ft. 6 in. & diameter // of columns 8 ft. 6 in.'
Numbered in negative, lower right: "758".
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Meiji Period—18601899
Photography—Japan—19th century
Bakumatsu—Meiji period
Landscapes—East Asia
Landscapes—Japan—Nikko Region
Torii—Japan—Nikko Region—In art
Gates—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/48f2434c-53d3-4cfa-80a7-d5e55e118ecc/manifest