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Portrait of the Empress Shōken

Asian Art Museum

Portrait of the Empress Shōken 1889
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Object Details

Creator

Suzuki, Shin'ichi, I, 1835-1918 (Photographer)
Maruki Riyō, Photographer, 1854-1923

Names

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980
Shōken, Empress, consort of Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1850-1914
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930

Collection Collector

Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980

Collection Creator

McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942

Collection Citation

The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia, FSA A2009.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Scope and Contents

A photograph received by Alice Roosevelt in July 1905 at an Imperial reception in Tokyo for members of the Taft Mission to Asia. The photograph is personally signed by the Empress (Haruko). Photograph was taken by Suzuki Shin'ichi (1835-1918) and printed by Maruki Riyō (1854-1923).
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dc328c392e0-2ca1-48cf-8a9a-7396606ce50b

Local Numbers

FSA A2009.02 05b

Place

Tokyo (Japan)
Japan

Topic

Diplomacy
Travel

Creator

Suzuki, Shin'ichi, I, 1835-1918 (Photographer)
Maruki Riyō, Photographer, 1854-1923

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The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia

Biographical / Historical

Alice Roosevelt visited Tokyo from late June 1905 as a member of the William H. Taft Mission to Asia.

Extent

1 Gelatin silver print (mounted on board in elaborately carved wooden frame, image: 27.5 x 20.5 cm.; frame: 66 x 43 cm.)

Date

1889

Archival Repository

National Museum of Asian Art Archives

Identifier

FSA.A2009.02, Item FSA A2009.02 05b

Type

Archival materials
Gelatin silver prints
Photographic prints
Portraits
Photographs

Collection Rights

Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form

Photographic prints
Portraits
Photographs -- 1900-1910

Collection Restrictions

Collection is open for research.
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Record ID

ebl-1585222321438-1585222321490-1

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