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[Japanese Scene] (Front)

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The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Drawn Japanese landscape; Mount Fuji is visible in the background and there is a temple on the left of the picture. In the foreground, on the left, an Asian man is smoking a little pipe while holding some rolls. He is made from a cut-out photograph. Behind him, a Caucasian man is pulling a rickshaw where two European women are sitting. The head of the man and the two ladies are cut-out photographs. The man's body and the rickshaw are drawn. Behind them, an Asian man is pulling a rickshaw with two seated Asian ladies. They are all made from cut-out photographs. Some parts of the ladies' kimonos are colored in red, such as the neck and the obi.

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  • Title: [Japanese Scene] (Front)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1880s
  • Location Created: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Page: 30.5 × 37.4 cm (12 × 14 3/4 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print with brown ink and wash
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XA.1252.12
  • Culture: British
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, British
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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