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 1522900.23
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 enclosed by a fence. The view is from the opposite side from the previous image (1522900.22). Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "66. May 29 1909. Honden and gateway. Reverse side to 65. 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