Title(s)

Pilgrim priests with portable shrine

Object type

• photograph
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1557B-21

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘Religious pilgrimages are made (...) subsisting on alms or peddling.’

Artist

• photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (attributed to)
• anonymous

Place

Japan

Dating

c. 1887 - in or before 1897

Material

• photographic support

Technique

albumen print / hand coloring

Measurements

height 88 mm × width 132 mm

What

• priests ~ hierarchy of priests
• head-gear
• temple, shrine ~ non-Christian religions

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Japan described and illustrated by the Japanese section two (RP-F-2001-7-1557B)