At shrine of Marquis Inouye – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of At shrine of Marquis Inouye brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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At shrine of Marquis Inouye
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The caption names a shrine to Marquis Inouye, most likely Inoue Kaoru (1836–1915), a Meiji-era statesman who helped modernize Japan and became one of its senior elder statesmen. Memorial shrines to such leaders were a way for Japanese society to honor their service, and the subject ties the picture to Japan's rapid transformation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The image is a glass negative from the Bain News Service, a New York agency that circulated news photographs in the early twentieth century. Because the title was recorded without verification, the exact location and date remain uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,748 × 4,116 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24280 |
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