4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 31cm
Description
Portrait of a Japanese man named Fukuzawa Yukichi, a samurai and officer on the 1862 Takenouchi mission to Europe, employed as an interpreter of Dutch and English. He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono and is carrying a wakizashi (short sword).
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
1951.11.63.82
Country
France
Region
Paris
Cultural Group
Japanese
Photographer
Jacques-Philippe Potteau
Date
April 1862
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