Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A1999.35
name: label: Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Creator
content: Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
label: Creator
content: Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
label: Creator
content: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
label: Creator
content: Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
label: Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Names
content: Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912
label: Names
content: Shōken, Empress, consort of Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1850-1914
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: Japan -- 1890-1900
label: Place
content: Kyoto (Japan)
label: Place
content: Tokyo (Japan)
label: Place
content: Yokohama-shi (Japan)
topic: label: Topic
content: Photography of women
label: Topic
content: Streets -- Japan
label: Topic
content: Temples -- Japan
label: Topic
content: Samurai
label: Topic
content: Sumo wrestlers
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Japanese tea ceremony
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Purchase and partial donation from Henry and Nancy Rosin. 1999, 2000, and 2001.
creator: label: Collector
content: Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
label: Creator
content: Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
label: Creator
content: Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
label: Creator
content: Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
label: Collector
content: Rosin, Nancy
label: Creator
content: Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
label: Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
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content: Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry and Nancy Rosin were collectors of Japanese photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 616 Items (approximate count)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1860 - ca. 1900
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A1999.35
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Mammoth plates
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Photograph albums
label: Type
content: Stereographs
label: Type
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Organized chronologically by the creators.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Mammoth plates
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1850-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Photograph albums
label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs -- 1860-1900
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartes-de-visite
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s), Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904), Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) and unknown photographers to depict architecture, landscapes, formal studio portraits, and daily activities.