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Geta Collection

Background imageGeta Collection: Sri Lanka - Geta Beraya and Udekkiya players

Sri Lanka - Geta Beraya and Udekkiya players
Traditional Sri Lankna drums and drummers. The standing player is holding a hill country drum called the Geta Beraya (a drum with a knot)

Background imageGeta Collection: Japanese clog shop

Japanese clog shop
A man selling wooden footwear known as geta in Japan

Background imageGeta Collection: Japan - Geta Clog Maker

Japan - Geta Clog Maker
Geta Clog Maker, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageGeta Collection: Women of the merchant or artisan class

Women of the merchant or artisan class. Waka poetry tutor in a daimyos house. Servants sewing, writing poems, wrapping items and carrying rice

Background imageGeta Collection: Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono walking

Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono walking
Woman of the nobility or courtier in silk kimono with cypress fan walking in a garden under cherry blossoms. Handcoloured ukiyo-e woodblock print by Toyokuni Utagawa from Shikitei Sanbas Ehon Imayo

Background imageGeta Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Geta

Portrait of Roman Emperor Geta
Roman Emperor Geta, 189-211. Publius or Lucius, Septimius Geta Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma, Utrecht, 1697

Background imageGeta Collection: Portrait of Roman Emperor Caracalla

Portrait of Roman Emperor Caracalla
Roman Emperor Caracalla or Antoninus, 188-217. Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Bogaerts De Roomsche Monarchy, The Roman Monarchy, Francois Salma

Background imageGeta Collection: Man and a woman on a country walk by Miyagawa Choshun

Man and a woman on a country walk by Miyagawa Choshun (1683-1753). Note they are wearing Geta - a form of traditional Japanese footwear that resemble clogs and flip-flops

Background imageGeta Collection: Japanese Geta shops, selling traditional colourful footwear

Japanese Geta shops, selling traditional colourful footwear. Geta is the term used to describe a form of traditional Chinese-Japanese footwear that resemble both clogs and flip-flops

Background imageGeta Collection: Geta (189-211 AD) son of Septimus Severus

Geta (189-211 AD) son of Septimus Severus
Geta (189 A?i? 211), was a Roman Emperor co-ruling with his father Septimius Severus and his older brother Caracalla from 209 to his death, when he was murdered on command of his older brother

Background imageGeta Collection: Julia Domna (c. 158-217) Roman Empress and second wife of Sep

Julia Domna (c. 158-217) Roman Empress and second wife of Sep
Julia Domna (c.158-217) Roman Empress and second wife of Septimius Severus. Marble bust. Roman, 2nd century AD. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France

Background imageGeta Collection: Italy. Rome. Arch of Septimius Severus

Italy. Rome. Arch of Septimius Severus. Triumphal arch built in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of emperors Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Geta

Background imageGeta Collection: A group of six Geishas

A group of six Geishas
A group of six Japanese Geishas. Most are holding their skirts with their left hand in the traditional way. The building behind has common New Year decorations hanging from the roof. Date: 1932

Background imageGeta Collection: Japanese circa 1800, priest, women, monk and soldier

Japanese circa 1800, priest, women, monk and soldier.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Background imageGeta Collection: A person walking to the left, mostly obscured by an open par

A person walking to the left, mostly obscured by an open par

Background imageGeta Collection: Six men, possibly monks, posed for group portrait, four stan

Six men, possibly monks, posed for group portrait, four standing and two sitting in front, five have their heads shaved, wearing geta, some are holding items, with building in background. Date ca

Background imageGeta Collection: Man with staff, wearing geta, studio portrait

Man with staff, wearing geta, studio portrait. Photograph shows a studio portrait of a man, full-length, standing, facing front, leaning on a wooden staff, he is wearing tall geta

Background imageGeta Collection: A woman walking to the right, full-length portrait, facing l

A woman walking to the right, full-length portrait, facing left, wearing kimono and geta. Date between 1830 and 1850

Background imageGeta Collection: Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; m

Man with a broom, wearing geta; woman with spinning wheel; man with a mallet. Date 18--

Background imageGeta Collection: Two musicians seated on a bench, wearing geta

Two musicians seated on a bench, wearing geta. Print shows a man and a woman sitting on a bench, playing a shamisen. Date 1750, printed later

Background imageGeta Collection: November - A Temperamental Study by Geta

November - A Temperamental Study by Geta
A lean woman in a red jumper and skirt, lolls in a window seat, kicking off one shoe. Outside, the fading light shows up the skyline of a city in November. 1929

Background imageGeta Collection: Detail, Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, Italy

Detail, Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, Italy
Detail of a bas relief sculpture on the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, Italy, depicting the delivery of four prisoners of war

Background imageGeta Collection: Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, Italy

Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome, Italy
View of the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome, Italy. This is a white marble triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, dedicated in AD 203 to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus

Background imageGeta Collection: Japanese man

Japanese man
A Japanese man (possibly a spiritual man?) in a studio wearing traditional costume and wooden geta footwear


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