Japan.
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Japan.
C. & F.W. Dammann. --Ethnological Photographic Gallery of the Various Races of Men.-- London: Trubner & Co., 1876. pl. XI. (RB GN 340 D3)
1876
Albumen silver prints
21.3 x 31.3 cm. (page)
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Inscriptions (page)(printed) "Japan. Plate XI."
"Girl, aged 18." "Fishermen." "Girl, aged 18." Boy, aged 15." Man,
aged 64." "Emperor of Japan." "Boy, aged 15." "The Japanese belong to
the great Mongol-Tartar family and are distinguished, like all other
branches of this stock, by broad skulls and high cheek bones; small
black eyes, obliquely set; long black hair, and a sallow oval
complexion; some are good looking; and many are well made, active and
nimble. The language is polysillabic and has an alphabet ..."
"Girl, aged 18." "Fishermen." "Girl, aged 18." Boy, aged 15." Man,
aged 64." "Emperor of Japan." "Boy, aged 15." "The Japanese belong to
the great Mongol-Tartar family and are distinguished, like all other
branches of this stock, by broad skulls and high cheek bones; small
black eyes, obliquely set; long black hair, and a sallow oval
complexion; some are good looking; and many are well made, active and
nimble. The language is polysillabic and has an alphabet ..."
