Shōyō-en Garden of Rinno-ji (Mangwan-ji). Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, from a Travel Photograph Album (Views of Hawaii and Japan)
Unknown American, American
about 1894
Albumen print adhered to album page
Overall: 10 13/16 × 14 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (27.5 × 36 × 6 cm)
Sheet: 3 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (9.1 × 12 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
2014.3.146
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Handwritten caption, below photograph, in ink: Garden at Mangwanji monastery – Nikko.
Course History
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
Provenance
Possibly collected by Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977) [wife of Admiral George Tilford Pettengill Jr. (1877-1959), Class of 1932P and 1937P], Washington, D.C.; possibly given to present collection, 1959; catalgoued in 2014.
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