Kimbei, Kusakabe (attributed)

TITLE ON OBJECT: New Year Deill [sic] of Japanese Fire Brigade

ca. 1890
albumen print with applied color
26.4 x 19.9 cm.
Museum Collection, by exchange
GEH NEG: 30780
74:0034:0016

NON-GEH NUMBER: B 1134

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Fabian, Rainer & Adam, Hans-Christian. --Fruhe Reisen mit der Kamera.-- Hamburg: Stern, 1981. p. 107.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 186.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.//
"Gesichter Asiens: Historische Fotografien aus dem Museum für Ostasiatische", Germany, Cologne, Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, September 14 - November 6, 1994.//

INSCRIPTION: recto-(in image) "B 1134 New Year Deill [sic] of Japanese Fire Brigade." verso-(rubberstamp) "Shin-E-Do. Photograph Depot Kobe Japan" (in ink) "Brandvasenets Ovelser i Dagene effer Nyaar para Bambus Stiger. (Mellen Mongden i Forgrunden: Politibetjente). (?)"

NOTES: Cataloged 1/94, DZ. Maker attribution based upon image published in --Fruher Reisen mit der Kamera--.

SUBJECTS:
event, festival
people, firemen
people, on ladders