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1908.82.492

View of ancient bridge.

1908.82.492

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Collection type
Object
Description
View of ancient bridge.
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Honshu Yamaguchi Iwakuni
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1908
Date collected
By 1908
Acquisition information
Donated: 1908
Materials and processes
Material Ink, Material Paper Plant, Process Printed, Process Stamped
Dimensions
Length: max 140 mm folded
Object numbers
Accession number: 1908.82.492 Other numbers: Chamberlain no. 259a
Research and responses

The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2010 as: (Far right) “Suo Iwakuni Kintaikyo saizu”, Details of Kintaikyo bridge in Iwakuni, Suo province. (In the framed text, designed as a scroll) “Kintaikyo ki”, History of Kintaikyo bridge. “Meiji hachi nen”, Meiji 8 (1875). (In the margin) “Meiji juyo nen juni gatsu itsuka o-todoke Kimura Sasuke”, Registered on December 5, Meiji 14 (1881) by Sasuke Kimura. [El.B DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 13/10/2010]

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