Satow Cabinet Card Shanghai China Austere Women with Parasol in Rickshaw. The cabinet card dates to the late 19th Century. What makes this photograph important and not your typical Caucasian woman in a rickshaw in Shanghai is the curious crowd in the background. The Chinese onlookers seem to be fascinated with the unusual scene unfolding and give the portrait a sense of immediacy. Size: 4.25 x 6.5 in. SATOW was a Shanghai-based portrait, landscape and general photographer. He had a commercial studio at P. 469 Nanking Road, Shanghai (near the Horse Bazaar), also at another time, a studio at 347 Nanking Road. He photographed the Shanghai Amateur Circus, for an album, in c. Forty-four of his images of the sights of Shanghai were published in. Charles Darwent mentions that Mr. Satow took some of the photographs in Darwent’s Shanghai guidebook. Shanghai by Satow were also published as post cards. Source: Historical Photographs of China.