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View of the entrance to the American Legation at the Zenpukuji Temple complex, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan
View of the entrance to the American Legation at the Zenpukuji Temple complex, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan
People:
  • Charles L. Weed (photographer)
Title:

View of the entrance to the American Legation at the Zenpukuji Temple complex, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

Date:

1867

Description:

- The imprinted inscription with medallions that appears on the secondary support, verso, is reproduced in Palmquist (p. 117, bottom).

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 39.6 x 51.7 cm secondary support: 49.6 x 62.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0340

Point of View:
  • exterior view
Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, b.: "Entrance to American Legation, Yedo / 13." imprinted and stamped - by the publisher, in black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Thomas Houseworth & Co., Publishers,"; l.r.: "317-319 Montgomery St., San Francisco." dated, imprinted and stamped - by the publisher, in black ink, on the secondary support, verso, c.l.: "NAPOLEON III / EMPEREUR [in a medallion, encircling an image of the Emperor's head]"; c.: "ORIENTAL SCENERY / Published by / Thomas Houseworth & Co. / 317 & 319 / MONTGOMERY STREET, / SAN FRANCISCO. / AWARDED THE / PRIZE MEDAL / AT THE / PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1867, / FOR THE / Finest Photographs of Scenery on the Pacific Coast. / CATALOGUES FREE."; c.r.: "THOMAS / HOUSEWORTH / & CO. [in the centre of a medallion] / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE MDCCCLXVII A PARIS / RECOMPENSES [encircling the centre of a medallion]" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.r.: "CW.101.4"

Location:

Tokyo; Japan;

Subject:
  • architecture
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • temple
  • street
  • gateway
  • legation
  • paved walkway
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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