Lot 88
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TAKAGI STUDIO
TAKAGI STUDIO

Yoshida Yomaru, Civil Servant

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TAKAGI STUDIO
Yoshida Yomaru, Civil Servant
Quarter-plate ambrotype, cased in Paulownia wood. 1883. Credit and dated in Japanese in ink on the case lid; titled in Japanese in ink on the inside lid; credit stamp on the spine.
4 x 3¾in. (10.2 x 9.5cm.)

Lot Essay

According to the inscription on the inside lid, the sitter was 18 years old and held a fifth level position, presumably as a government or city official. The inscription on the case lid indicates that the portrait was taken during New Year's on year 16 of Meiji period. Taking one's New Year's portrait is a Japanese custom which is practiced to this day.