Meganebashi Ōtani 眼鏡橋大谷 (Arched bridge at Ōtani)
Meganebashi Ōtani 眼鏡橋大谷 (Arched bridge at Ōtani)

On view

Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Meganebashi Ōtani 眼鏡橋大谷 (Arched bridge at Ōtani),

1860-90

Photographer unidentified
Japanese
Meiji era, 1868–1912
x1984-196 a

Information

Title
Meganebashi Ōtani 眼鏡橋大谷 (Arched bridge at Ōtani)
Dates

1860-90

Maker
Photographer unidentified
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
21 x 27.4 cm (8 1/4 x 10 13/16 in.) mount: 23.3 x 34 cm. (9 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Adler
Object Number
x1984-196 a
Place Depicted

Asia, Japan, Kyoto

Inscription
Inscribed on bottom left of image: 搞鏡目谷大 / Meganebashi-Ōtani Ōtani Meganebashi 大谷目鏡橋
Type
photographs, black-and-white photographs
Materials
albumen prints
Subject
plants, water leaf, trees, Bridges, lakes

The artist; acquired by Ken and Jenny Jacobson, England, after ca. 1860 [1]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1984.

Notes:

[1]. Ken and Jenny Jacobson, based in Essex, England, are dealers of nineteenth century photographs. Ken Jacobson is an alumnus of Princeton University (B.A., Chemistry, before 1970).
http://www.jacobsonphoto.com/about/

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