Photography in Japan 1853-1912
Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare and antique photos in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and early Japanese photography. The images are more than just a history of photography in Japan; they are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century.

These rare Japanese photographs--whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic--document a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern era. Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important Japanese and foreign photographers working in Japan, this is the first book to document the history of early photography in Japan a comprehensive and systematic way.
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Photography in Japan 1853-1912
Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare and antique photos in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and early Japanese photography. The images are more than just a history of photography in Japan; they are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century.

These rare Japanese photographs--whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic--document a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern era. Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important Japanese and foreign photographers working in Japan, this is the first book to document the history of early photography in Japan a comprehensive and systematic way.
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Photography in Japan 1853-1912

Photography in Japan 1853-1912

by Terry Bennett
Photography in Japan 1853-1912

Photography in Japan 1853-1912

by Terry Bennett

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Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare and antique photos in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and early Japanese photography. The images are more than just a history of photography in Japan; they are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century.

These rare Japanese photographs--whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic--document a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern era. Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important Japanese and foreign photographers working in Japan, this is the first book to document the history of early photography in Japan a comprehensive and systematic way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781462907083
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Publication date: 07/03/2012
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 25 MB
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About the Author

Author Terry Bennett, a British writer based in London, has been collecting and researching nineteenth-century Japanese, Chinese, and Korean photography for many years. His books include Early Japanese Images, Korea: Caught in Time and, with Hugh Cortazzi, Japan: Caught in Time.

Table of Contents


Preface     5
Introduction: Photography Meets Japan     10
1850s: The First Images     22
The China Connection     25
Castaways: First Images of Japanese     26
Eliphalet Brown Jr     27
Edward Kern     29
Edward Edgerton     34
First Cameras, First Students     35
The Norwegian     36
A British Camera in Tokyo     38
Pierre Rossier     41
1860s: Western Studios Dominate     52
Samuel Brown     54
Francis Hall     57
Orrin Freeman     58
Ukai Gyokusen     60
John Wilson     62
Overseas Missions     63
Shimooka Renjo     69
Ueno Hikoma     73
Uchida Kuichi     76
Yokoyama Matsusaburo     82
Tomishige Rihei     84
Felix Beato     86
William Saunders     98
Charles Parker     102
Antoine Fauchery     104
Frederick Sutton     106
Wilhelm Burger     109
Milton Miller     112
Charles Weed     115
Other WesternPhotographers     116
Other Japanese Photographers     126
1870s: Japanese Competition     130
Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Ratenicz     133
The Gordes Brothers     142
John Reddie Black and The Far East     146
Michael Moser     150
Hermann Andersen     153
Baron Franz von Stillfried-Ratenicz     154
David Welsh     156
Other Western Photographers     158
Esaki Reiji     165
Suzuki Shinichi I     165
Suzuki Shinichi II     172
Usui Shusaburo     174
Nakajima Matsuchi     182
Ichida Sota     184
Yamamoto     186
Other Japanese Photographers     192
1880s: Western Studios Give Way     196
Tamamura Kozaburo     198
Kusakabe Kimbei     203
Ogawa Kazumasa     210
Other Japanese Photographers     217
Adolfo Farsari     219
Francis Guillemard     224
Other Western Photographers     227
1890s: Japanese Studios Dominate     230
Enami Tamotsu     232
Kajima Seibei     238
Ogawa Sashichi     241
Other Japanese Photographers     244
Henry Strohmeyer     246
Walter Clutterbuck     248
William Burton     252
Other Western Photographers     256
1900s: In Full Control     262
Herbert Ponting     265
Otis Poole     271
Arnold Genthe     274
Karl Lewis     276
James Ricalton     279
James Hare     286
Jack London     288
Other Western Photographers     290
Takagi Teijiro     294
Other Japanese Photographers     295
Epilogue     299
Endnotes     300
Negretti and Zambra China/Japan Stereoviews     305
Photographic Difficulties in 1860s Japan and China     306
Photographic Copyright Regulations in Japan, 1887     308
Chronology     308
Photographic Terms and Glossary     310
Bibliography     311
Index of Commercial and Amateur Photographers in Japan, 1853-1912     314
Acknowledgments     320
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