Comments on: Getting in the Samurai mood… http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/06/09/getting-in-the-samurai-mood/ Blogging Asian Art and Culture Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:25:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dave http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/06/09/getting-in-the-samurai-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 dave Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:16:03 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=633#comment-1455 Several of these photos appeared to be of Sakamoto Ryoma, one of the instigators (or perhaps the primary instigator) of what became the Satsuma Rebellion that led to the Meiji Restoration and the reentry of Japan into the modern world. One photo looks to be the young Emperor Meiji. It would be nice to have captions for the photos to show, as far as is known, who is pictured. Several of these photos appeared to be of Sakamoto Ryoma, one of the instigators (or perhaps the primary instigator) of what became the Satsuma Rebellion that led to the Meiji Restoration and the reentry of Japan into the modern world.

One photo looks to be the young Emperor Meiji.

It would be nice to have captions for the photos to show, as far as is known, who is pictured.

]]> By: cristina http://www.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2009/06/09/getting-in-the-samurai-mood/comment-page-1/#comment-119 cristina Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:54:56 +0000 http://www.asianart.org/blog/?p=633#comment-119 Wonderful photos. Many of these actually remind me of the Japanese photo albums in the museum's collection (three of which are displayed right now in the Photographic Memories exhibition).These albums were assembled by late 19th and early 20th century travelers to Japan as both an itinerary for their travels and as a souvenir. Often included in such albums were photos of Samurai. The ones I've seen are usually hand-colored studio photos, and bear a great resemblance to some of the images in this slide show. Pretty cool. Wonderful photos. Many of these actually remind me of the Japanese photo albums in the museum’s collection (three of which are displayed right now in the Photographic Memories exhibition).These albums were assembled by late 19th and early 20th century travelers to Japan as both an itinerary for their travels and as a souvenir. Often included in such albums were photos of Samurai. The ones I’ve seen are usually hand-colored studio photos, and bear a great resemblance to some of the images in this slide show. Pretty cool.

]]>