Japan - 302 diapositives.
Estimation :
1000 / 2000
Adjudication :
Invendu
Description
Images of Japanese art objects (vases, mirrors, statues, thrones,...) in museums or from illustrations (in handbooks ?). Other images of temples, sacred places, buddhas, pagodas, people, etc. such as the Ikegami Honmon-ji temple in Tokio, shores of the lake Hakoné (Tokio), Shiva temple... In situ images showing indigenous people, temples, sacred places, street views, Japanese crafts and trades : i.a. umbrella makers, cooks, dressmakers, silk manufacturers, weavers, a Japanese feast, musicians, actors, singers, palanquin drivers, public gardens, opium smokers, wrestlers, hairdressers, shops, etc. Some specific places : Yokohama : lighthouse, Iseyama temple, the seaside. Hakone : Miyanoshita. Tokyo : Temple of the second Shogoun. Nikko : temple. Images of illustrations from Japanese ukiyo-e and Surimono artists and painters, also some art objects. Some illustrators : Hokusai, Toyohiro, Hokkei, Shinsai, Hirosada, Toshikata, Kunimasa, etc. Labels "Newton" and "Projections Molteni".
