Japanese Sakura for Armchair Travelers

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Spring-Time Glory of the Cherry Blossoms ...

First made in the 1850s, stereographs were most popular between 1870 and 1920. Displayed here are facsimile copies of original stereograph photos from the Library’s collection, made to fit inside this replica of a historic viewer. Its design is similar to Alexander Beckers Tabletop 1860 model cabinet stereo viewer.

Stereographs consist of two nearly identical photographs or photomechanical prints, paired to produce the illusion of a single three-dimensional image, usually when viewed through a stereoscope. Most of the displayed examples were published by Underwood & Underwood between 1904 and 1908. They feature cherry blossoms in Japan and related activities, from a holiday school outing to a “cherry-bloom festival” game. Accentuating associations of sakura with Japanese places and people, the images offer glimpses of such famous sites as Tokyo’s Ueno Park and the Imperial Palace.

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