Photograph
The Great Torii
Stone lanterns on the shore near a leaning pine tree frame a view of the Great Torii on Japan's Inland Sea. Two Japanese women in traditional kimonos are standing on the shore, facing the gate. This photograph was taken near the Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island. |
Image ID: | 129641 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1920 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
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Collection Name: | Middleton family photographs, circa 1892-circa 1950s |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 6407.8.2 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 4 inches |
This print, commercially printed for the tourist trade, is from the collection of Forest Middleton, who with his wife Leonore lived in Yokohama, Japan from 1920 until September 1923, after the great earthquake struck. |
Sculpture |
Trees |
Clothing and dress |
Dresses |
Monuments |
Ocean |
Temples |
Shorelines |
Women |
Sacred sites |
Outdoor photography |
Hairstyles |
Asians |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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