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A vegetable shop

von Stillfried-Ratenicz, Franz, 1881, Photograph
A vegetable shop
A vegetable shop
A vegetable shop
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Item no
15127
Title
A vegetable shop
Description
An open-fronted greengrocery displays its wares in a Japanese street. The vegetables sit on 'yatai' (food stalls) in bamboo baskets and on low wooden tables. A variety of sweet potatoes, radishes, eggplants, and other root vegetables is visible.
Two women and a child stand on the left-hand side of the picture, while three men negotiate prices on the right-hand side. A group of onlookers gathers behind a 'daihachi guruma' (a large wheel cart) on the right; probably curious about the photographer and his camera.
The wooden buildings have low sloping roofs. This shop may have been only temporary, the kind that was common in Nineteenth-century Japanese streets.

Date
1881
Size
19.5 x 24 cm
Type
Location
Art and Design Library