Bridge at Arashiyama near Kyoto. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the wooden bridge over the Katsura River in the Kyoto suburb of Arashiyama, towards the wooded hills on the far side.
Genre: Landscape Photography Side view of the bridge: 'This bridge, which spans a mountain stream flowing between the village of Nikko and the enclosure containing the twent-eight great Nikko temples, was built in 1638. It is 84 feet long and 18 feet wide. It was formerly closed to all persons ...
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a smiling group of young Japanese men and women: 'The young people in the accompanying plate were grouped for the purpose of being photographed with the aid of a flash light, and received the customary suggestion to 'look pleasant'.'
Street scene with members of the funeral procession posed for the photographer. The coffin, in the form of a house-shaped box, can be seen at the right.