View of the entrance to the American Legation at the Zenpukuji Temple complex, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

People:

Charles L. Weed (photographer)

Title:

View of the entrance to the American Legation at the Zenpukuji Temple complex, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan

Date:

1867

Description:

- The imprinted inscription with medallions that appears on the secondary support, verso, is reproduced in Palmquist (p. 117, bottom).

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 39.6 x 51.7 cm secondary support: 49.6 x 62.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1981:0340

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, b.: "Entrance to American Legation, Yedo / 13." imprinted and stamped - by the publisher, in black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "Thomas Houseworth & Co., Publishers,"; l.r.: "317-319 Montgomery St., San Francisco." dated, imprinted and stamped - by the publisher, in black ink, on the secondary support, verso, c.l.: "NAPOLEON III / EMPEREUR [in a medallion, encircling an image of the Emperor's head]"; c.: "ORIENTAL SCENERY / Published by / Thomas Houseworth & Co. / 317 & 319 / MONTGOMERY STREET, / SAN FRANCISCO. / AWARDED THE / PRIZE MEDAL / AT THE / PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1867, / FOR THE / Finest Photographs of Scenery on the Pacific Coast. / CATALOGUES FREE."; c.r.: "THOMAS / HOUSEWORTH / & CO. [in the centre of a medallion] / EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE DE MDCCCLXVII A PARIS / RECOMPENSES [encircling the centre of a medallion]" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, l.r.: "CW.101.4"

Location:

Tokyo; Japan;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
street
gateway
legation
paved walkway

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

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