OLD PHOTOS of JAPAN, a photo blog of Japan in the Meiji, Taisho and Showa periods

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shows photos of Japan between the 1860s and 1930s. In 1854, Japan opened its doors to the outside world for the first time in more than 200 years. It set in motion a truly astounding transformation. As fate would have it, photography had just been invented. As the old country vanished and a new one was born, daring photographers took photos. Discover what life was like with their rare and precious photographs of old Japan.

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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan • Isabella L. Bird
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

In 1878, just 19 years after Japan opened it first ports to the world, and a mere ten years after the fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, an adventurous 47-year old woman from the UK set out to explore the interior of Japan. The country was virtually unknown to Westerners, and a woman traveling only with a guide seemed outrageous. Everybody advised her not to, but she went anyway and wrote this unique and vivid journal of what she saw and experienced.


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The Adventure of Japanese Photography 1860 - 1890

by Philipp March, Claudia Delank — Kehrer Verlag
The Adventure of Japanese Photography 1860 - 1890

In 22 pages of text, Claudia Delank, a specialist in East Asian Art, covers the photography of 19th century Japan. Celebrated photographers like Felice Beato, Adolpho Farsari, Hikoma Ueno, Kimbei Kusakabe, Kihei Tamamura and Kazumasa Ogawa are introduced as they create images of Japan for a Western audience eager to find out more about this as yet largely unknown country.

Many of these images were specifically staged in studios to please Western expectations. They were then hand-colored and compiled in richly ornamented lacquer albums. This books features 90 full page footnoted plates of hand colored albumen photographs from the March Collection. In many cases the photographer is mentioned as well. What makes this book especially attractive are the rare albumen photographs of flowers.

It is a true delight to see these beautiful images from a time when traveling to Japan was still a real adventure.

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