Partial view of Edojo [Edo Castle] showing the Sakuradamon (also known as Sotosakuradamon) gate, the inner moat and defensive walls, Edo (now Tokyo), Japan
1867
- The imprinted inscription with medallions that appears on the secondary support, verso, is reproduced in Palmquist (p. 117, bottom).
Albumen silver print
comp.: 39.6 x 51.7 cm secondary support: 48.7 x 62.2 cm
PH1981:0344
inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and brown ink, on the secondary support, b.: "Entrance to Castle. Yedo / 14." 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.102.4" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.r.: "EL78.86"
Tokyo; Japan;
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