Woman in a palanquin

Title

Woman in a palanquin

Publisher

Pitts Theology Library

Work Attributes

Date

1875 - 1895

Description

This image shows a woman being carried in a kago (palanquin) by two men. The photographer (Kusakabe Kimbei?) has labelled the print, "C9I. Sedan Chair," and Turner has added the inscription, "Thus we travel over mountains in Japan."

Rights

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Subject

Japan; palanquins

Worktype

color prints (photographs)

Citation

“Woman in a palanquin,” East Asia, accessed November 5, 2025, https://eastasia.digitalscholarship.emory.edu/items/show/504.

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