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Ogawa, Kazumasa
(1860-1929)Some Japanese Flowers

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

Some Japanese Flowers. 1892-1896. 4 albums, containing a total of 36 collotypes on album pages (some loose). Each between 22 x 22 cm and 28 x 24 cm or reverse (40,5 x 27,5 cm). With printed title on interleaf or below image on mount. Bound in original album with silk cord binding (soiled, some creases and tears). Kelly and Walsh Edition, Yokohama.

Kazumasa Ogawa was a key figure in Meiji-era photography and printing, establishing Tokyo’s first photographic studio in 1884 and founding Japan’s leading collotype printing business in 1889. Renowned for his technical innovations and editorial contributions to photography journals, Ogawa gained particular acclaim for his botanical photography. His collotypes of flowers, characterized by meticulous detail and artistry, demonstrate a profound appreciation for floral subjects. Complete albums of Ogawa’s flower photographs, such as these four, are exceedingly rare. – Some scuff marks, small hole on one print, otherwise all in good to very condition.