Kago Collection

Resting - Kago Travelling Chair - Japan. Date: circa 1910s

1860s Japan - portrait of a young woman in a kago with two bearers Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Kago or carrying chair along shore of Hakone Lake, Japan
Kago or carrying chair along the shore of Hakone Lake, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Carrying chair, kago crossing a birdge, Gamman, Nikko. Vintage 19th century photograph

Woman being carried in kago, carrying chair, served tea
Young woman being carried in a kago, carrying chair, being served tea. Vintage 19th century photograph

Stone idols statues Hakone, woman in carrying chair, kago
Stone idols statues at Hakone, woman in carrying chair, kago. Vintage 19th century photograph

Kago travelling chair, Japan circa 1870s. Date: circa 1870s

Woman in a travelling chair or Kago, Japan circa 1870s. Date: circa 1870s

Japan - A Kago litter being carried up the mountain
Japan - A Kago being carried up the mountain. Kago are a type of litter used as a means of human transportation by the non-samurai class in feudal Japan and into the Meiji period. Date: circa 1910s

Kago Travelling Chair at Hakone, Japan. The porters each wear a mino, a traditional Japanese garment, a raincoat made out of straw

Japan - Kago Travelling Chair Date: circa 1908

Kago, travelling chair, Japan

Arashiyama Bridge, Kyoto, Japan
Kago (carrying chair) at Arashiyama Bridge, near Kyoto, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Kago travelling chair. Photograph shows men carrying a woman with parasol in a sedan chair on a street in front of the Hafuya Hotel

Kago and bearers in Japan

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