Caption:
[ 1890s Japan - Japanese Kago Palanquin ] Group portrait of a mother and child in a kago (palanquin) carried by two bearers. The bearers have traditional hairstyles and wear loin cloths, straw hats and straw sandals. They are holding ikizue (breath sticks) to regulate their breathing while walking. Albumen photograph sourced by Kozaburo Tamamura (1856-1923?), 1890s. Published in "Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese", Shogun Edition edited by Captain F Brinkley. Published in 1897 by J B Millet Company, Boston Massachusetts, USA. 19th century vintage albumen photograph.