Japan: Courts and Culture
Telling the story of 400 years of British royal contact with Japan
ATTRIBUTED TO UCHIDA KUICHI (C.1844-75)
'View from Bridge Tagonourabashi to Fudzisan'
1881Albumen print | 20.8 x 27.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2580972
Photograph of a man pulling a jinrikisha (a Japanese type of rickshaw) with a passenger who holds up a parasol. The jinrikisha is depicted crossing the wooden Tagonoura Bridge, which is reflected in Fuji river. Two sailing barges are moored on the left bank, while the snow-capped Mount Fuji rises on the background.
Album compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931) and presented to King George V
