Lot Essay
Two portraits of Buddhist priests; a Shinto Priest offering Sake to the Kami; and the 'Dancing of Beggar Priests'.
Details
BARON von STILLFRIED, KUSAKABE KIMBEI and others
Japanese Priests, 1880s
Four hand-tinted albumen prints, 9 3/8 x 7¾in. to 10¾ x 8½in., three numbered and or titled in the negatives, each mounted on card, two with printed title labels on mounts, matted. (4)
Japanese Priests, 1880s
Four hand-tinted albumen prints, 9 3/8 x 7¾in. to 10¾ x 8½in., three numbered and or titled in the negatives, each mounted on card, two with printed title labels on mounts, matted. (4)
Literature
The image of the priest holding his hands together in prayer is illustrated as the frontispiece in Worswick, Japan Photographs 1854-1905. The actors dancing is illustrated p. 107.