Diabutsu Bronze Image Kamakura
Artist
Kimbei Kusakabe
(Japanese, 1841 - 1934)
Datec. 1880
Mediumalbumen; hand tinted
DimensionsOverall: 27.3 × 34 cm (10 3/4 × 13 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsFINE ART
Credit LineGift of Arlene Hall
Object number2020.019.015 a,b
DescriptionSide A depicts two young men at the feet of a giant Buddha monument, surrounded by palms and evergreens.Side B is composed of four photographs: a priest standing at the entrance of a small temple; a studio photograph of a group of five young men in Japanese armour from various periods in history; a group of five young men working on a field, leading a couple of horses; a large group of people at the end of a road leading to a tea house, stairs going up the mountain in the background.
Status
Not on view
1880s
1880s
