(行水)

(Bathing in a wooden tub) (行水)

SHIMOOKA Renjo 下岡 蓮杖

It is one of left a few works of the nude photography by Renjo now. In his essay “Kurofune-danso” MORI Fusui, wrote about Renjo’s nude photography: ”This is something most people do not know about photography, but because the foreigners at that time really liked women, Renjo made a portable studio in the backyard of the ITABE home in Shimoda. There he made photographs, in the manner of the so-called shunga, which he sold to foreigners".
Collection of
Tokyo Photographic Art Museum
Title
(Bathing in a wooden tub)
Original title
(行水)
Artist Name
SHIMOOKA Renjo
Year
1863-1875
Material / Technique
Albumen print
Accession number
10105337
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