4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 31cm
Description
Portrait of a thirty-two-year-old Japanese man named Tanabe Taichi, a samurai and officer (performing the function of first secretary) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France. He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono and is carrying a daishō, or pair of swords (katana and wakizashi).
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.
Image Details
Accession Number
1951.11.63.104
Country
France
Region
Paris
Cultural Group
Japanese
Photographer
Jacques-Philippe Potteau
Date
April - June 1864
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