Katsura: Rock arrangement at the southeast corner of the Old Shoin

© Kochi Prefecture, Ishimoto Yasuhiro Photo Center

Katsura: Rock arrangement at the southeast corner of the Old Shoin

Currently not on view

Katsura: Rock arrangement at the southeast corner of the Old Shoin,

1953, printed 1985

Yasuhiro Ishimoto 石元泰博, 1921–2012; born San Francisco, CA; died Tokyo, Japan
x1986-164

Information

Title
Katsura: Rock arrangement at the southeast corner of the Old Shoin
Dates

1953, printed 1985

Maker
Yasuhiro Ishimoto 石元泰博
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 15.3 × 24.3 cm (6 × 9 9/16 in.) sheet: 27.8 × 35.5 cm (10 15/16 × 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Gambee, Class of 1964
Object Number
x1986-164
Place Depicted

Asia, Japan, Katsura

Inscription
Signed in graphite, lower right: Yas Ishimoto
Marks/Labels/Seals
Blindstamped, lower left: PRINTED BY / YAS ISHIMOTO
Culture
Japanese
Type
photographs, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
gelatin silver process
Subject
rock (inorganic material), landscapes (representations), buildings

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