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Photographer: NATORI, Yonosuke
Event Date: 1932
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.074403
Inscriptions:
Photo NATORI / KOJUN BLDG, GINZA, TOKYOCredit: [star] / NATORI / from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORKCaptions: Verso: Sports / RidingVerso: *Riding. / The sport of riding according to European pattern,was / institutes in Japan only 10 years ago and like everything new, / this also was greeted with great enthusiasm. Contrary to their / usual tendency to exclusive behavior, it was the aristocrats / and their families who furthered the new type of sport and who / made the way easy for its ready acceptance in Japan. The sons / of the wealthy families were presented with their own horses / and the carefully guarded daughters suddenly dropped their / reserve and ventured forth in the new riding-costumes-an entirely new form of existence for them. Verso: Well-known riders of the Japanese Army. / 235-11 Baron Nishi,the Los Angeles winner in 1932.Markings:Verso: Sports / RidingVerso: *Riding. / The sport of riding according to European pattern,was / institutes in Japan only 10 years ago and like everything new, / this also was greeted with great enthusiasm. Contrary to their / usual tendency to exclusive behavior, it was the aristocrats / and their families who furthered the new type of sport and who / made the way easy for its ready acceptance in Japan. The sons / of the wealthy families were presented with their own horses / and the carefully guarded daughters suddenly dropped their / reserve and ventured forth in the new riding-costumes-an entirely new form of existence for them. Verso: Well-known riders of the Japanese Army. / 235-11 Baron Nishi,the Los Angeles winner in 1932.
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: JAPAN WAR / ARMY HORSES
Retouching: N