Asiatiques Collection

Dancers - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4981246 Dancers - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Dancers - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Portrait of beggars in Bombay (India) - Photograph second half of the 19th century
CSO4985036 Portrait of beggars in Bombay (India) - Photograph second half of the 19th century -; (add.info.: Portrait of beggars in Bombay (India) - Photograph second half of the 19th century

Zoroastrianism: women parsis in a charity sale in Bombay (India) - Second half of the 19th century
CSO4985027 Zoroastrianism: women parsis in a charity sale in Bombay (India) - Second half of the 19th century -; (add.info.: Zoroastrianism)

Mount Fuji, seen from the Shizuoka plantations - Fuji From Tea Garden Shizuoka - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4982352 Mount Fuji, seen from the Shizuoka plantations - Fuji From Tea Garden Shizuoka - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Mount Fuji)

Kago, chair with bearers, forming a bunch of braids bamboo - Kago, travelling chair - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured
CSO4980013 Kago, chair with bearers, forming a bunch of braids bamboo - Kago, travelling chair - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Kago, chair with bearers)

Two travelers pulled by a man in a Jinrikishia, Japan, 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo)
CSO4979992 Two travelers pulled by a man in a Jinrikishia, Japan, 1880-1910 (hand coloured photo); (add.info.: Jinrikisha, pushes, light two-wheeled car); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Mosquito net - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979989 Mosquito net - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Mosquito net - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Kyoto Girls - Kioto's girls - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979925 Kyoto Girls - Kioto's girls - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Kyoto Girls - Kioto's girls - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Spinning cotton - Spinning cotton - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979896 Spinning cotton - Spinning cotton - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Spinning cotton - Spinning cotton - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Four Young Women Drinking The - Tea Drinking - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979895 Four Young Women Drinking The - Tea Drinking - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Four Young Women Drinking The - Tea Drinking - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo)

Girl looking at each other in two mirrors - Girl looking at two mirrors - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979745 Girl looking at each other in two mirrors - Girl looking at two mirrors - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info)

Young girl in summer costume - Musume summer costume - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979731 Young girl in summer costume - Musume summer costume - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young girl in summer costume - Musume summer costume - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand)

Young girl in an interior (with pipe, theiere, mug and mirror) - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979730 Young girl in an interior (with pipe, theiere, mug and mirror) - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young girl in an interior (with pipe, theiere)

Girl with a fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979714 Girl with a fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Girl with a fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Girl in front of a painted decor of Mount Fuji - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979698 Girl in front of a painted decor of Mount Fuji - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Girl in front of a painted decor of Mount Fuji - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand)

Young girl - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979674 Young girl - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young girl - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Geisha and his Maikos - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980865 Geisha and his Maikos - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Geisha and his Maikos - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Business away from home - Business away from home - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980175 Business away from home - Business away from home - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Business away from home - Business away from home - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured)

Scene with washerwomen and a woman busy at her toilet, spied on by a man hidden behind a fan
LSE4316410 Scene with washerwomen and a woman busy at her toilet, spied on by a man hidden behind a fan. Painting by Danwon (Kim Hongdo) (1745-1806), ink on paper, Korean art

Kazan Tatar Family (Tatarstan, Russia) - Tatar family from Kazan, the man in fur hat
FLO4724052 Kazan Tatar Family (Tatarstan, Russia) - Tatar family from Kazan, the man in fur hat and fur-lined coat firing a musket

Persian Lady - Persian noble woman in jeweled turban, fur-trimmed jacket, tunic and pantaloons, smoking a hookah pipe
FLO4723873 Persian Lady - Persian noble woman in jeweled turban, fur-trimmed jacket, tunic and pantaloons, smoking a hookah pipe

Femme de Georgia - Georgian woman wearing headdress with veil, necklace of pearls
FLO4723914 Femme de Georgia - Georgian woman wearing headdress with veil, necklace of pearls, long dress with embroidered sash belt, holding a miniature book - Handcoloured woodcut by L

Jeune fille de l'Himalaya - Girl from the Himalayan mountains, in veil, bodice, and skirt
FLO4723628 Jeune fille de l'Himalaya - Girl from the Himalayan mountains, in veil, bodice, and skirt, playing with a parrot - Handcoloured woodcut from " Moeurs

Kem in Japanese suit. Alphabet (ABC or abecedary) of female names on the theme: feminine costumes and operas
DUV4199241 Kem in Japanese suit. Alphabet (ABC or abecedary) of female names on the theme: feminine costumes and operas. Liebig advertising chromolithography

Ornamental tattoos: African woman 1, Maori chief (New Zealand) 2, Maori king 3, Caroline Islander 4
FLO4678680 Ornamental tattoos: African woman 1, Maori chief (New Zealand) 2, Maori king 3, Caroline Islander 4, hand 5 and foot 6 of a Dayak (Borneo), and a Japanese man with irezumi and fundoshi 7

Costume of a Japanese woman in kimono with obi, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault
FLO4564888 Costume of a Japanese woman in kimono with obi, 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after a design by Leon Sault from " L'Art du Travestissement" (The Art of Fancy Dress)

The Tatar leader of the city of Kazan (Russia), with a turban and a long striped dress
FLO4634586 The Tatar leader of the city of Kazan (Russia), with a turban and a long striped dress, a couple from the city and a Kachin man (Burma, Myanmar)

Japanese costume, circa 1800: a priest, a woman wearing gueta (wooden sandals)
FLO4634331 Japanese costume, circa 1800: a priest, a woman wearing gueta (wooden sandals), a man in official costume with his cane, a beggar monk

Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694)
FLO4630998 Courtesans relaxing by writing poetry in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade, Tokyo

Three oiran courtesans in kimono following a customer in the pleasure quarters
FLO4630955 Three oiran courtesans in kimono following a customer in the pleasure quarters. Woodblock print by Moronobu Hishikawa (1618-1694) from Fuzoku Emakimono, Picture Scroll of the Water Trade

A Filipino from Malaysia in a red jacket with his wife and a couple of indigenous people from the Philippines
FLO4634226 A Filipino from Malaysia in a red jacket with his wife and a couple of indigenous people from the Philippines. Lithography for the book

Costumes from the islands of Indonesia: a Bugis warrior from Celebes Island, Makassar men, weapons of sarbaceans
FLO4634188 Costumes from the islands of Indonesia: a Bugis warrior from Celebes Island, Makassar men, weapons of sarbaceans, a couple from Ambon Island (Amboine) and inhabitants of Molucca Islands

Costumes from Burma (Myanmar): a nobleman, a rider and a soldier of the artillery
FLO4634081 Costumes from Burma (Myanmar): a nobleman, a rider and a soldier of the artillery, a minister and a woman of the nobility

Variety of characters in traditional costume from Asia and the Middle East
FLO4633898 Variety of characters in traditional costume from Asia and the Middle East. Lithograph for the title page of the book

Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums
FLO4634599 Teleuts and tungouse (tungouze) costumes (China and Russia): shaman women, with their ritual drums. Below, two tungouts hunters weapons

The coming of age of a kamuro (kaburo genpuku no tei). Maids help a girl kamuro as she becomes a courtesan
FLO4630754 The coming of age of a kamuro (kaburo genpuku no tei). Maids help a girl kamuro as she becomes a courtesan: sewing kimono, dressing her hair and fixing her obi

Courtesans playing shamisen to entertain a customer drinking sake in the pleasure quarters. Kamuro maids serve sake
FLO4630703 Courtesans playing shamisen to entertain a customer drinking sake in the pleasure quarters. Kamuro maids serve sake

Young girl from Madison Island (French Polynesia) - Young girl with headdress, necklace, shift and feather fan
FLO4724436 Young girl from Madison Island (French Polynesia) - Young girl with headdress, necklace, shift and feather fan, with tattoos on her arms and legs from Nuku Hiva island (Madison)

Portraits de femmes du Kamchatka (Russia) - Portraits of two Kamtchadal women
FLO4724133 Portraits de femmes du Kamchatka (Russia) - Portraits of two Kamtchadal women: one in fur lined dress and one below in headdress - Handcoloured woodcut from " Moeurs

Young girls of Uliassoutai, 29 August - Mission in North West Mongolia - Album of the mission of the commander of
CSO4986307 Young girls of Uliassoutai, 29 August - Mission in North West Mongolia - Album of the mission of the commander of Bouillane de Lacoste in 1909 in Mongolia

Young singer holding a shamisen - Singing girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979752 Young singer holding a shamisen - Singing girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young singer holding a shamisen - Singing girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo)

Three girls at a dancing party - Dancing party - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979707 Three girls at a dancing party - Dancing party - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Three girls at a dancing party - Dancing party - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo)

Geishas Dance - Japan 1880-1910
CSO4980838 Geishas Dance - Japan 1880-1910 -; (add.info.: Geishas Dance - Japan 1880-1910 -); Photo © DDF. All rights reserved 2024.

Young Girls Writing, Reading and Sewing - Japanese girls writing, reading
CSO4979966 Young Girls Writing, Reading and Sewing - Japanese girls writing, reading and sewing - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Young Girls Writing)

Geishas playing au go - Geisha playing at go (draught) - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979958 Geishas playing au go - Geisha playing at go (draught) - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Geishas playing au go - Geisha playing at go (draught)

Blind Massager - Blind Shampoo - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979911 Blind Massager - Blind Shampoo - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Blind Massager - Blind Shampoo - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Two Young Women Reading - Reading - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979907 Two Young Women Reading - Reading - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Two Young Women Reading - Reading - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo); Photo © DDF

Girl with traditional flower headdress and fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4979778 Girl with traditional flower headdress and fan - Girl - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Girl with traditional flower headdress)

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"Exploring the Richness of Asiatiques: A Journey through Italian, Japanese, Kurdish, and Lapon Cultures" Immerse yourself in the captivating world of "Asiatiques, " where diverse cultures intertwine to create a tapestry of enchantment. From Italy's artistic flair to Japan's intricate traditions, from the resilience of the Kurds to the mystique of Lapon culture, this collection unveils a multitude of stories waiting to be discovered. Transporting us back in time is an intriguing depiction titled "Torture of a Guilty Woman in Korea, 1811. " This haunting image serves as a reminder that history can be both fascinating and unsettling. Meanwhile, delicate silk prints reveal tantalizing glimpses into intimate moments with their repeated motifs like "Erotic scene - Japanese print on silk. " The allure continues with a mesmerizing portrayal entitled "Japanese Scene of Geisha and Monkey with Erotic Symbolism - Print, 19th century. " Here we witness not only artistry but also symbolism woven into every stroke. The intricacies invite contemplation and interpretation. Delving further into Chinese culture is an illustration by Gilbert depicting the grim reality faced by criminals condemned to torture. In contrast stands another visual delight—a troupe of Chinese traveling musicians captured in an engraving after O. Mathieu's drawing—showcasing vibrant melodies echoing through singing cafes along Tai Ping Shan. Venturing beyond China's borders brings us to Tonkin—a land brimming with beauty and tradition. An exquisite engraving portrays a woman at her mirror—an intimate moment frozen in time amidst Tonkin's serene landscapes. Another engraving showcases Tonkinise women donning town costumes—a glimpse into their daily lives as captured by Y. Pranishnikoff. Finally, we encounter Do-Son around 1910—the era when carrier chairs were prevalent—symbolizing luxury intertwined with practicality for those seeking comfort during travel.