Two women demonstrating the formal greeting bow

Title

Two women demonstrating the formal greeting bow

Publisher

Pitts Theology Library

Work Attributes

Date

1875 - 1895

Description

These two women are demonstrating a formal greeting in a staged scene against a painted backdrop. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labeled the print, "C29. Ceremony of Japanese.," and Turner has added the inscription, "friends meeting and bowing in the street."

Rights

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Subject

Japan; greetings

Worktype

color prints (photographs)

Citation

“Two women demonstrating the formal greeting bow,” East Asia, accessed November 5, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/490.

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