Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Mikado's garden (Fukiage) at Tokio.
Call Number
D North 57/GC131/Box 39/Normal/19th c./Unidentified Artists/Japan, Meiji Period GA 2010.02287
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc5q47s233h
Publisher
n.d. [1860s-1890s].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1860
Extent
1 item ; print 20.8 x 26.6 cm. sheet 27.9 x 35.4 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Unidentified Artist [photographer]
Medium: Albumen prints
Depiction: Landscape with view of garden waterfall, Japanese man standing on steps, Caucasian man seated on rock at bottom of falls.
Inscribed in ink, verso: 'The Imperial Gardens of Fuki-age in // the grounds of the castle where the Japanese style // of landscape gardening may be seen in its // greatest perfection. These gardens are only // accessible on certain days, and even then // the tickets of admission must be obtained from // one of the foreign legations. These gardens// cover many acres in the midst of the city. // The many stones seen in this picture have // been presented by the various subjects of the // empire in different parts of the empire. // They are rare specimens of the various fine // rocks of this island empire.'
Unsigned.

Discovery Information

Subject
Meiji Period—18601899
Photography—Japan—19th century
Bakumatsu—Meiji period
Landscapes—East Asia
Landscapes—Japan—Tokyo
Gardens—Japan—Tokyo—In art
Waterfalls—Japan—Tokyo—In art
Fukiage Gyoen (Tokyo, Japan)—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/3454544e-919b-4a8e-9360-6bd5b73ce762/manifest