Antique Japanese Meiji Old Man Posed Portrait Photograph Kimono Black White PH49 jar Some characters: 重砲兵 jyuhohei heavy

Some characters: 重砲兵 jyuhohei heavy artillery

This two-piece kashigata mold is carved with two matsutake mushrooms

Antique Japanese Porcelain Deep Plate

It is coated with a faux stone-like coating to give it texture

and red with chirimen silk fabric

Antique Japanese Meiji Old Man Posed Portrait Photograph Kimono Black White PH49 jar Some characters: 重砲兵 jyuhohei heavyAntique Japanese Old Man Portrait Photograph This is an antique Meiji Era portrait photograph of an old man in black in white. He is wearing a formal kimono and seated on a chair with a folding fan in his hand. It comes adhered to the original thick, decorative paper card. Black and white photograph Paper Kanji on front: Toyooka Town, Murao (photographer's name) Kanji on back: Meiji (year illegible), June, Horio Bunjiro (person's name), over 60 years