Building Structures

16-a033346
Item
[ca. 1895]

Item is a photograph of a wooden arch over a road. Two people wearing traditional clothing and a lake appear. Reads, "Hakone Lake."

Woman on terrace

16-a033341
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a woman wearing traditional clothing standing on a terrace surrounded by wisteria

Woman holding parasol outside in snow

16-a033391
Item
[ca. 189-]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a woman holding an umbrella outside in the snow. The photo is attributed to Tamamura Kōzaburō.

Tamamura Kōzaburō (玉村康三郎)

Wisteria vine at Kameido Tenjin shrine, Tokyo

16-a033323
Item
[ca. 1880]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing people on the taiko-bashi (drum bridge) over the Shinji-ike pond and wisteria in full bloom at Kameido Tenjin shrine in Tokyo. This is one of the many photographs from this period, which were patterned after ukiyo-e woodblock prints. This photograph follows a 1865 print, Inside Kameido Tenshin Shrine by Hiroshige Ando and others.

Tamamura Kōzaburō (玉村康三郎)

View of Fukiya Hotel at Miyanoshita

16-a033343
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of the of the Fukiya Hotel at Miyanoshita on a forested hilltop. Possibly by photographer Kimbei Kusakabe

Two women in an entranceway

16-a033348
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of two women wearing traditional clothing looking down in an entranceway. Possibly by photographer Kozaburo Tamamura

Two people with packs walking down road near buildings

16-a033399
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph two people with packs walking down road near buildings. A mountain appears in the background. Reads, "PILGRIMS."

Two figures in front of greenery

16-a033291
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing two people in front of greenery. a hut appears on their left

Two figures in ceremonial dress

16-a033299
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing two figures in ceremonial dress standing in front of an entranceway

Trees and tori gate on hillside

16-a033380
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of trees and a tori gate on a hillside. Reads, "SUN SET."

Tokyo Sakurada-mon no yuki (東京桜田門の雪/Snow at the Sakurada-mon, Tokyo)

16-a033294
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph showing a stone building in a snowy scene.
Image was featured in the publication Jinzan Chisuichō (仁山智水帖), published by Mitsumura Shashinbu (光村写真部), 1902.

The thousand armed Kannon, Sanjūsangen-dō, Kyoto

16-a033374
Item
[ca. 188-]

Part of James Davidson collection

: Item is a photograph of rows of the thousand armed Kannon or Bodhisattva figures at the Sanjūsangen-dō, a Buddhist temple officially known as Rengeō-in (Hall of the Lotus King) in Kyoto, Japan. This temple was a popular subject, and several photographers of the time took similar photos.

Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部金兵衛)

The Nippon-bashi and Mitsukoshi

16-a033285
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Photograph of the Nippon-bashi and Mitsukoshi (日本橋と呉服店三越/Mitsukoshi department store and Nihonbashi bridge) from Tokyo Meisho (東京名所/Views of Tokyo).

The Kimbei studio on Honchō-dōri, Yokohama

16-a033361
Item
[ca. 1895]

Part of James Davidson collection

Item is a photograph of a street scene with Kusakabe Kimbei’s studio on No. 7 Honchō-dōri in Yohohama, Japan, which he opened in 1880. The original title provided by Davidson was “Street scene with photo studio sign”.

Kusakabe Kimbei (日下部金兵衛)