Spinning Silk from the Cocoons
Title
Spinning Silk from the Cocoons
Subject
Peasant women engaging in sericulture
Description
Hand tinted photograph from Brinkley's ten-volume collection, Japan, Described and Illustrated by the Japanese, with an essay on Japanese art by Kakuzo Okakura (Tokyo and Boston: Millet: 1897-98)
Creator
Francis Brinkley (photographer unidentified)
Source
Part of the Unit "Globetrotters' Japan: People" by Allen Hockley
Publisher
Millet (Tokyo and Boston)
Date
c.1897-1898
Rights
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
Format
Hand tinted photograph
Files
Collection
Citation
Francis Brinkley (photographer unidentified), “Spinning Silk from the Cocoons,” Japan's Samurai Revolution, accessed October 5, 2026, https://samurairevolution.omeka.net/items/show/6.