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Japan
Selected genre scenes

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1932), attributed to. Selected genre scenes. 1880s. 3 hand-colored albumen prints. Each circa 20 x 26 cm and 26 x 20 cm.

In 1885, Kusakabe Kimbei - formerly an assistant and colorist for Felice Beato - acquired Beato’s Yokohama studio from Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenicz, who had purchased it in 1877. From 1885-1910, Kimbei emerged as one of Japan’s leading commercial photographers, playing a pivotal role in shaping the visual identity of Meiji-era Japan and contributing significantly to the early history of photography in the country. – Some light handling marks, some pressure marks from album page slits in corners, minimal fading in edges, otherwise in very good condition.