Drum bridge at the Tenjin Kameido Shrine in Tokyo, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.6
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a drum bridge at Tokyo's Tenjin Kameido Shrine in Japan with its famous wisteria growing around the edge of the pond, supported by wooden poles. There are several people on the water's edge and on the bridge. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "49. May 5 1909. Kameido Bridge and Wisteria. F/10 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