Album of photographs of the taken during a reception at Korakuen in Tokyo

Object Details

See more items in: The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia

Biographical / Historical: In her 1933 autobiography "Crowded Hours," Longworth writes, "The day we left we lunched with the Minister of War and Mrs. Teraouchi at the Gardens of the Tokio Arsenal. There was the usual series of speeches and toasts, but when it came the turn of Marquis Ito, instead of speaking he chanted a little poem he had written for the occasion. The theme was the distance our party had come and the pleasure it gave the Japanese to have us among them. If it was singing, it was in a key and a pitch that was weird to our western ears. The fine old statesman was very impressive, standing there intoning in that strange sing-song, with almost impassioned earnestness."

Extent: 5 Gelatin silver prints (silver gelatin photographic prints, mounted in a brocade covered Japanese album, 28 x 37 cm)

Archival Repository: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Type: Archival materials; Gelatin silver prints; Photographic prints; Photograph albums; Photographs

Collection Citation: The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia, FSA A2009.02. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository.

Genre/Form: Photographic prints; Photograph albums; Photographs -- 1900-1910

Scope and Contents: An album of photographs taken during a formal reception for an American diplomatic delegation at Korakuen Garden in Tokyo, hosted by the Minister of War, Count Terauchi. Scenes include a dining pavilion, and views of the garden.