Japanese Family (1880s)


Figure 1.-- We know nothing about this old Japanese portrait. It was an ambrotype, a form of photography that had gone out of favor in the West by the 1880s. The portrait shows a woman and boy in traditional dress. We are unsure just how to interpret the image. We wonder if it could be a scene from a stage play,

We know nothing about this old Japanese portrait. It was an ambrotype, a form of photography that had gone out of favor in the West by the 1880s. This ambrotype has been colorized. The portrait shows a woman and boy in traditional dress. We are unsure just how to interpret the image. We assume that they are mother and son, but they are strangely posed separated, unusual for pofrtraits, at least in the West. We wonder if it might be a scene from a Japanese stage play. Hopefully our Japanese readers will be able to tell us something about this portrait.







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