View of barracks at the daimyo residence of the Hosokawa clan, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

View of barracks at the daimyo residence of the Hosokawa clan, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

Date:

between 1863 and 1868

Description:

- The inscription identifying the subject of this photograph as the Satsuma residence in Edo (now Tokyo) is probably incorrect, although the Satsuma residence is similar in appearance to the Hosokawa barracks. The Satsuma residence is depicted in photograph PH1981:0620:009, also by Beato, which is reproduced in Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (p. 18, fig. 2).

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 19.5 x 25.7 cm secondary support: 33.5 x 45.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1976:0064

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are traces of another page affixed to the top edge of the secondary support.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "385 [?]" [partially erased] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.r.: "Beato" [upside-down] and "19 [circled]" [upside-down] inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.l.: "Beato"

Location:

Tokyo; Japan;

Subject:

architecture
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

official residence
dwellings
ceramic tile
barracks
gutter (roadside element)
daimyo residence

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

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