Peasant praying before long row of images of the God of Light - So. bank Diya river (E.), Nikko, Japan. – Antique 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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Peasant praying before long row of images of the God of Light - So. bank Diya river (E.), Nikko, Japan.
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A peasant kneels in prayer before a long row of images of the "God of Light," on the south bank of the Daiya River at Nikko, Japan. Nikko, a mountain town known for its shrines and Buddhist temples, drew many Western visitors in the early 1900s, and the scene reflects the everyday devotion that continued alongside those better-known sites. The stereo card was published by Underwood & Underwood, a firm that produced stereoscopic views for home viewers around 1904. The place and subject details come from the original caption, which the record notes has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,379 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152360 |
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