4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 30cm
Description
Portrait of a thirty-four-year-old Japanese man named Saitō Jirōtarō, a samurai and officer (performing the function of censor) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France. He is pictured wearing traditional dress of kimono with mon (family emblem) and is carrying a katana (long 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
1951.11.63.112
Country
France
Region
Paris
Cultural Group
Japanese
Photographer
Jacques-Philippe Potteau
Date
April - June 1864
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