1378 [Two tattooed men]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: R218 (Rosin Number)

 FSA A1999.35 218
label: General
content: Title devised by Henry and Nancy Rosin.
label: General
content: Photographer's original negative number appears lower center of print.
name: label: Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
label: Collection Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Collection Creator
content: Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
label: Collection Creator
content: Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
label: Collection Creator
content: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
label: Collection Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
label: Collection Creator
content: Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
label: Collection Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
place: label: Place
content: Asia
label: Place
content: Japan
topic: label: Topic
content: Photography -- Japan
label: Topic
content: Photography -- 19th century
label: Topic
content: Laborers
label: Topic
content: Workmen
label: Topic
content: Tattooing -- Japan
creator: label: Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Photographic print : on mount 34.4 x 23 cm, hand coloring, image 25.6 x 20.4 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1879 - ca. 1890]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 218
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Portraits
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two men expose their heavily tattooed backs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: It was customary for men who exposed much of their skin while working (i.e. grooms, construction workers) to tattoo themselves. These tattoos not only looked fearsome, but was also believed to protect the individual from harm.