The One Hundred Steps at Yokohama. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the steep flight of steps, at the head of which 'stands a tea-house occupied by Commodore Perry in 1853-4, when the American expedition forced Japan to open her ports to the outside world. The view from the tea-house built on the edge ...
Genre: Landscape Photography View along the tree-lined road: 'An ancient avenue twenty miles in length, leading from Utsunomiya to Nikko, either side being lined the entire distance by lofty cryptomerias.'
Genre: Portrait Photography (generic types) Studio portrait of a young woman writing on a scroll, with various calligraphic articles arranged around her.