Honden sacred hall at Shinto shrine in Japan.
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.21
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a honden in Japan; the most sacred hall of a Shinto shrine. The building is amongst trees and is enclosed by a fence. A person is standing in front of the fence. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "64. May 29. Kizuki Honden thru trees. F/16 1 sec. 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