Sepia photograph representing a small Japanese building in the middle of a stone fence, possibly a gatehouse, with a row of stone lanterns along the fence and two boxes by the entrance, trees in the background and a person on the front right. The photograph is placed in the center of an album page decorated with a gold-leaf frame, colorful dots, and an inscription.
View of precincts of Shiba Temple in Tokyo, Japan. Long row of stone lanterns runs across the image from the left, interrupted only by what looks to be a gatehouse. Buddhist monk in the lower right corner of the image. | Inscription: "Shiba." in ink in block letters by Charles Longfellow. | Notes: 1871-1873 as given in inscription for first item in album. Probably by Felice Beato.
Archives Number: 1008.2/1.1-4#59
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938