Stream and pagoda at Koraku-en garden in Okayama, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522899.43
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a stream and pagoda at Koraku-en garden in Okayama, Japan. The garden is located on the north bank of the Asahi River on an island. There are large rocks in the stream in the foreground, and in the distance there are some people walking along a path. Additional information written on the sleeve (not original): Okayama. May 2 1909, Koraku-en. Stream and garden pagoda. F/16 1/3 SSO. Part of the Christie Miller Collection.
Provenance
Donated to the Fox Talbot Museum in 1976 by (the daughter of the photographer) Jane Wakefield Christie-Miller (1922-2017) of Swyncombe House, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6EA