Japanese Girls Writing, Reading, and Sewing, from a Photograph Album
Kusakabe Kimbei, Japanese, 1841 - 1934
about 1890
Hand-tinted albumen print
Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in. (20 × 26 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Claire and Richard P. Morse 1953 Fund
2009.61.36
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
118. JAPANESE GIRLS WRITING, READING, AND SEWNIG.[sic]
Course History
ARTH 91/92, Honors I/II, Allen Hockley, Winter 2019
Provenance
Boston Book Company, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts; sold to present collection 2009.
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