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Trades of Japan

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 4.12.2024

Photographers: Felice Beato (1832-1909), Baron Raimund von Stillfried (1839-1911), or Adolfo Farsari (1841-1898). Trades of Japan. 1870s. 3 albumen prints matted and mounted in wooden frame. Each ca. 20 x 26 cm (42 x 52 cm). One numbered in negative in lower left margin.

These photographs show traditional Japanese artisans and street vendors from the Meiji era, engaged in their crafts such as umbrella-making, basket-weaving, and selling household items. The detailed composition and focus on daily life make these images a classic example of the Yokohama school style, popular among Western collectors at the time. – A few light scuff marks, otherwise in excellent condition.

Lit.: Wieczorek, Alfried, and Claude W. Sui. Ins Land der Kirschblüte: Japanische Reisefotografie aus dem 19. Jahrhundert. Berlin: Kehrer Verlag, 2011, ill. p. 138.