Los 4079

Japan
Selected genre scenes

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 6.6.2026

Photographer: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1932) and others. Selected genre scenes. 1880s-1890s. 3 hand-colored albumen prints, 2 mounted to board/mat. Between 12 x 28,8 cm and 20 x 25,5 cm (mounts between 22 x 39,5 cm and 33 x 39,3 cm). 1 with number and title in the negative in lower right edge.

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 and played a pivotal role in shaping the visual identity of Meiji-era Japan, contributing significantly to the early history of photography in the country.