View of central Edo (now Tokyo), with the outer [?] moat of Edojo [Edo Castle] in the foreground, Japan

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

View of central Edo (now Tokyo), with the outer [?] moat of Edojo [Edo Castle] in the foreground, Japan

Date:

1865-1866

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

composition: 23 x 29,6 cm secondary support: 29,3 x 38,3 cm

Reference number:

PH1987:0308

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1987:0307 and PH1987:0308 are adhered to different secondary supports but form panorama PH1987:0307-0308. Photograph PH1987:0307 comprises the left half of the panorama and photograph PH1987:0308 comprises the right half.

Inscription:

inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Felix Beato, Tokyo 1865-66. II"

Location:

Tokyo; Japan;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

fences
stone walls
buildings
moat
fire towers (watchtowers)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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