An actor posing as a samurai warrior (?) in a photographic studio, in front of a plain background. Photograph by S. Moriyama, ca.1900.

Moriyama, S.

Date:: [approximately 1900]

Reference:: 541677i

Part of:: The Fallaize Collection.

Pictures

Collection contents

The Fallaize Collection.
- Japanese and Korean portraits.
  - An actor posing as a samurai warrior (?) in a photographic studio, in front of a plain background. Photograph by S. Moriyama, ca.1900.541677i

About this work

Publication/Creation

[approximately 1900]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint

Contributors

Lettering

Japanese characters written on the verso probably name the actor and the role

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 541677i

Ownership note

Originally collected by British anthropologist Edwin Nichol Fallaize (1877-1957). Purchased by Capt. L.W.G. Malcolm in 1934, on behalf of Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome, for the price of £25. From a letter in the Wellcome archives dated 16th December 1934.