59c0646e-23d0-4089-adaf-10b231720ffa

Three Japanese women group portrait, circa 1872

Black-and-white photograph with an inscription representing three Japanese women sitting on a rug, one holding a fan, one looking at the camera. They are photographed by a plain wall with a carved molding along the floor.

Three Japanese women, including Ohanna (or Ohana) a geisha from Tokyo, pose for a group portrait on a rug placed on a European carpet. The backdrop is plain and there is a low carved wooden molding on the wall near the floor. They sit with their legs beneath them next to a small dog. Each wears a kimono. Ohanna's is the most elaborate with a striped geometric pattern. The woman at left holds an open folding ogi fan and another ogi lies on the floor to the right. In front of the group is a tobacco set in a wooden box and a small purse. Ohanna appears to be holding a pipe. | Inscription: "Yoshi's okamisan [owner/landlady], Ohanna & Okasan [mother?]" in ink in block letters by Charles Longfellow. (On image.)

Archives Number: 1008.2/1.1-2#82

U. S. National Park Service

Permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this website.

Courtesy of National Park Service, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site; Archives Number 1008.2/1.1-2#82

Public domain

Charles Appleton Longfellow Photographs (1008.002), (LONG-Subcollection)
, Photograph Albums (1008.002/001), (LONG-SeriesName)
, East Asia (1008.002/001.001), (LONG-SubseriesName)
, Longfellow - san's album, Scrapbook of Portraits (1008.002/001.001-002), (LONG-FileUnitName)

Image

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

NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 27888

Charles Appleton Longfellow Papers (1008)

Title: Finding Aid to the Charles Appleton Longfellow (1844-1893) Papers, 1842-1996 (bulk dates: 1862-1891)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#CAL

2016-01-30

01/01/1872 - 12/30/1872

Photograph in Charles Appleton Longfellow Papers, Subcollection II. Photographic Materials, Albums, Albums Related to East Asia. (1008.002/001.001)

Public Can View

Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov

Friday, August 5, 2022 3:58:05 PM

Friday, August 5, 2022 3:58:05 PM

1008-2-1-1-2-082.jpg

jpg

3.0 MB

Historic

NPGallery Main Search