Students at the Tokyo School for the Blind

Print, Photographic

Accession Number: 2004.134.46.37

Description: Sepia-toned, glossy; centered view of three young, male students wearing the same uniform seated at two dark tables, teacher standing above the center student feeling the object that the student is working with. The student on the left is using a tall, unidentified tactile object, possibly a large representation of a flower and stamens; the center student is working with an unidentified tactile object set on a low wooden platform; the student on the right is holding a mounted taxidermy of a small primate. Along top of the photograph are closely placed wall hangers.

Medium: Photographic Paper

Print Size: 4" (h) x 5.75" (w)

Date: 1917

Photographer: Not Identified

Credit Line: (see provenance)

Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Foreign students Japan Taxidermy