Four hand-colored albumen photographs of Japan, attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei Author: [Kusakabe, Kimbei, attrib.] Place: Boston Publisher: J.B. Millet Company Date: 1897-1898 Description: 4 hand-colored albumen photographs. 19.3x25.4 cm (7½x10"). Matted. In 1881, after working for many years with the European photographers Felice Beato and Baron Raimund von Stillfried as a photographic colorist and assistant, the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei finally opened his own workshop in the Benten-dōri quarter of Yokohama. He’d soon establish himself as one of the most respected and successful Japanese photographers of his generation, opening another studio in Yokohama’s Honmachi quarter in 1889, and also a branch in the Ginza quarter of Tokyo. Comprising: A Funeral Procession. A Street of Shops. The Nikko Road. Entrance to Inari Temple at Kyoto. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 313854a
Four hand-colored albumen photographs of Japan, attributed to Kusakabe Kimbei Author: [Kusakabe, Kimbei, attrib.] Place: Boston Publisher: J.B. Millet Company Date: 1897-1898 Description: 4 hand-colored albumen photographs. 19.3x25.4 cm (7½x10"). Matted. In 1881, after working for many years with the European photographers Felice Beato and Baron Raimund von Stillfried as a photographic colorist and assistant, the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei finally opened his own workshop in the Benten-dōri quarter of Yokohama. He’d soon establish himself as one of the most respected and successful Japanese photographers of his generation, opening another studio in Yokohama’s Honmachi quarter in 1889, and also a branch in the Ginza quarter of Tokyo. Comprising: A Funeral Procession. A Street of Shops. The Nikko Road. Entrance to Inari Temple at Kyoto. Lot Amendments Condition: Item number: 313854a
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