Los 4062

Japan
Landscapes and portraits

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

Photographers: Adolfo Farsari (1841-1898) and others. Landscapes and portraits. 1890s. 22 hand-colored albumen prints. Each circa 21 x 27 cm. Some with title and number in the negative in lower margin.

This well-preserved group of hand-colored albumen prints offers a vibrant depiction of Meiji-period Japan, combining landscape views with a variety of portrait subjects. Among the highlights are outdoor scenes featuring geisha in traditional dress, captured in garden settings or temple courtyards, as well as more formal studio compositions. Particularly notable is a rare image of kabuki actors performing a stylized reenactment of seppuku (ritual suicide), reflecting the era’s theatrical and cultural traditions. Produced for the export market, these prints exemplify the refined coloring and compositional elegance characteristic of Yokohama studios such as that of Adolfo Farsari. – Several with minimal fading in edges, otherwise in good to very good condition with fine hand-coloring.