Two women demonstrating the formal greeting bow

Two women demonstrating the formal greeting bow

1875 - 1895

color prints (photographs)

Japan; greetings

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."

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