[Jinriksha drivers and female passengers]
- Title:
- [Jinriksha drivers and female passengers]
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Landscape and the Environment
Asian Studies - Creator:
- Kimbei, Kusakabe
- Creation Date:
- 1870s-1890s
- ID Number:
- 84.120.089
- File Name:
- 84.120.089.jpg
- Work Type:
- Photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
hand coloring - Subject:
- Land-body relationship
Japan
rickshaw - Measurement:
- 20.3 x 25.4 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Jinriksha drivers pulling two jinrikshas, each holding two women, along a wooded path, toward the right. One man is pulling each cart, with another walking in front of him and a third following behind. The men wear matching knee-length robes with big bold geometric designs below the waist, they are barefoot or wearing flat sandals. Straps about their shoulders and belts around their waists are hand colored in fuchsia. The man in front of the second jinriksha, in the center of the frame, is turned to look directly into the camera, his face is slightly blurry with motion.The passengers are all young women wearing long robes with long sleeves. They are beneath a small flowering tree.
- Notes:
- Albumen print.
A number of other prints by Kimbei are held in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum collection, part of large collection of Japanese photography. - Cite As:
- Kusakabe Kimbei (Japanese, 1841–1934), [Jinriksha drivers and female passengers], 1870s-1890s. Albumen print with applied color, 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry D. Rosin, 84.120.089.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
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