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80129-0050 Japanese woman with umbrella, 1890s

1890s
Woman in the Rain

Artist	Unknown
Publisher	Unknown
Medium	Albumen Print
Period	Meiji
Location	Studio
Image No.	80129-0050
Purchase	Digital File
Author	Kjeld Duits

In this dramatized studio scene, a Japanese woman in kimono ostensibly walks in the rain holding on to her paper umbrella as the wind blows up the hem of her kimono.

She is wearing geta and her hair is done in a traditional manner.

The photographer has made sure that nobody can doubt the country: his backdrop shows Mount Fuji.

Published April 14, 2008
Updated December 9, 2021 1:37 AM

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Duits, Kjeld (December 9, 2021). 1890s: Woman in the Rain, OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN. Retrieved on January 12, 2025 (GMT) from https://www.oldphotosjapan.com/photos/211/woman-in-the-rain

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