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[Older woman in kimono, possibly nun, Kanazawa, Japan]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Older woman in kimono, possibly nun, Kanazawa, Japan]

Date1900-1960
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 4.625 in, W: 3.125 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Fred and Kimiko Kishi
Object number97.202.295
Description1 photographic print mounted on mat board : b&w ; image 3.625 x 2.375 in., mat board 4.625 x 3.125 in. Studio portrait of an older Japanese woman in kimono and white tabi seated on a chair next to a small table, Kanazawa, Japan. She wears a cap on her shaven head and holds a white object in her lap. She appears to be a nun. Her purse sits atop table at right. Patterned carpet on ground and backdrop of column at left. Mat board is gradient green to cream. Same image as 97.202.166.

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