Sepia photograph representing a fence with stone lanterns along it and a complex of Japanese buildings behind the fence, trees in the background and a person in the front left. 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. Main temple visible at right behind trees. Two Buddhist monks and a samurai in the lower left 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#60
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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