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Title
Chigo gion society, Kyoto, Japan, March 1937
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
1937-03
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, PO Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305
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 the "Chigo gion society, Kyoto." A group photo of the men and boys of the Chigo gion society. A boy is sitting on a horse to the right of the photo. Two boys are standing in front of the horse. The boy in the front is wearing face paint. The boy behind him is holding one of the reins of the horse. There is five men to the left of the horse's head which is in the center of the photo. A boy with his face painted is in the front of the group to the left.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62277 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-148
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62277
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-148.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Groups of people
Group portraits
Time Period
1937-03
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited place: Kyoto
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/148 [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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