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Japanese lacquer album
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Japanese lacquer album

anonymous · 1851 - c. 1900 · inlay (process); albumen print; lacquering; inkleuren; ivory; gilding (material); cardboard; paper; wood (plant material); lacquer (coating)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Lacquer album with leporello binding containing 50 colored photographs on 25 sheets. The photographs show street scenes and views of temples from Japan alongside portraits of Japanese women, possibly geisha.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
photograph albumaccordion bookTokugawa Iemitsuadult womanNikkoEnoshimaKōtoku-in
Credit lineJapans lakalbum. 1851 - c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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