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Title
Hostess and guests at tea ceremony, Japan, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photographic postcard of a "hostess and guests at tea ceremony" in Japan. The hostess is kneeling in the front of the group facing the left side of the photo. There are several bowls and a tray in front of the hostess. Four women are kneeling in a line facing the hostess. Each woman has a plate in front of her with some food on it. The doors to the room are behind the line of women.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63680 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-479
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63680
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-479.jpg
Subject
Customs and traditions
Women
Tea
General views
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Asia
Japan
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/479 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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