Samurai and Young Woman, Favorably Attracted to One Another

Attributed to Mizuno Toshikata

About 1890

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Dish with two dragons chasing a flaming pearl decoration
Imaichi Nikko, Road (.40, recto); Sacred Bridge, Nikko (.41, verso), Attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei, hand-colored albumen prints mounted to album page
Ku35. The kalash is a vessel traditionally used in Hindu worship, or puja, to hold water, milk, or ghee, for pouring over a deity. This kalash is decorated in the traditional Kutch coriander motif, but superimposed on that pattern are the animal depictions that are the mark of Oomersee Mawji. Mawji, particularly among all other Indian smiths, was able to breathe life into his animals, as he showed the anguish of a mortal attack, the adrenaline rush of a hunt, or the scampering of a deer. The kalash is an example of Oomersee at his best.
Drying Sardines on the Beach, Beppu, Japan, Keystone View Company, Underwood & Underwood Publishers, glass