This book reproduces over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then working in Japan. Almost one-fourth of the images are handcolored, superb examples of a rich art form long since vanished. Important features of Early Japanese Images include a historical overview of the years 1853-1912; the story of early Western photographers in Japan; the story of early Japanese photographers; over 100 images reproduced in original sepia tones; over 40 images reproduced as originally handcolored; and an invaluable index that for the first time identifies the photographers of over 1,200 early photographs taken in Japan.

Early Japanese Images

Arts & Photography

Bennett, Terry

Photography & Video

Tuttle Pub

This book reproduces over 140 images taken between 1853 and 1905 by the most important local and foreign photographers then working in Japan. Almost one-fourth of the images are handcolored, superb examples of a rich art form long since vanished.Important features of Early Japanese Images include a historical overview of the years 1853-1912; the story of early Western photographers in Japan; the story of early Japanese photographers; over 100 images reproduced in original sepia tones; over 40 images reproduced as originally handcolored; and an invaluable index that for the first time identifies the photographers of over 1,200 early photographs taken in Japan.

Photography in Japan 1853-1912

Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is a fascinating visual record of Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare and antique photos in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and early Japanese photography. The images are more than just a history of photography in Japan; they are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in Japan during the mid-nineteenth century. These rare Japanese photographs—whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic—document a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern era. Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important Japanese and foreign photographers working in Japan, this is the first book to document the history of early photography in Japan a comprehensive and systematic way.

History & Criticism

Tuttle+publishing

Japan: Caught in Time

CORTAZZI, Hugh

Russkoe Geograficheskoe Obshchestvo

Weatherhill

With an introduction by Martin Uden, this bo ok provides the first ever comprehensive history of photogra phy in Korea and identifies many previously unattributed ima ges. '

Korea: Caught in Time (Caught in Time Series)

Garnet Pub Ltd

Once known as the ‘Hermit Kingdom’, Korea was first pried open by Japan in 1876; it opened to the West in 1883, and even today it remains a little-known country. Yet its distinct culture and history could not be more colorful or fascinating. Photographs from key private collections and museum archives in Europe, America and Russia are collected in this volume, forming a unique anthology and giving insight into the cultural heritage of Korea.The book includes the very first photographs ever taken on Korean soil, by the famous war photographer Felice Beato. He accompanied the American squadron of five ships that landed in 1871 to attempt to open Korea to trade. His photographs show the subsequent fighting and the Korean people the Americans encountered. Other early photographs include royal portraits taken in the 1890s. Queen Min, the last queen ofKorea, was assassinated by the Japanese in 1895 and the striking image presented here is the only known photograph of her.With a wide range of pictures by the photographic pioneers who first travelled to the country, including stereoscopes, glass slides and albumen prints – all reproduced in duotone – plus hand-tinted photographs reproduced in color, readers will for the first time be able to see the people, the landscape, the town-life and the traditional crafts and costumes of Korea at the turn of the last century.

Korea: Caught in Time

Uden, Martin

Garnet Publishing

Photography in Japan has a distinctive history. In the early days it was much influenced by the work of certain European photographers who travelled there, established photographic studios, and set about recording every kind of detail of Japanese life. Prints of many such photographs were collected and brought to the West, and are sought after by collectors to this day. The photographs published here all come from one particular collection - that assembled by the Russian botanist Alexander Vasilyevich Grigoryev, whose travels took him to Japan in 1879. They have been preserved in the archives of the Russian Geographical Society in St Petersburg and have not been published before as a collection. Copies of some, as Terry Bennett explains, have appeared in other books, but many are unique and outstanding examples of early photography in Japan. The photographs are undated but were for the most part taken in the 1870s. These photographs, which were hand-coloured at the time, provide a unique 'snapshot' of Japan as it was in the early years after the reopening of Japan to the West. Much better and more accurate than either artists' sketchbooks or popular prints of the day, they give a true feel of the way in which the ordinary Japanese in the middle of the 19th century lived.

Japan (Caught in Time : Great Photographic Archives)

Geograficheskoe Obshchestvo Sssr

Paul & Co Pub Consortium

Early Photography in Vietnam is a fascinating and outstanding pictorial record of photography in Vietnam during the century of French rule. In more than 500 photographs, many published here for the first time, the volume records Vietnam's capture and occupation by the French, the wide-ranging ethnicities and cultures of Vietnam, the country's fierce resistance to foreign rule, leading to the reassertion of its own identity and subsequent independence. This benchmark volume also includes a chronology of photography (1845-1954), an index of more than 240 photographers and studios in the same period, appendixes focusing on postcards, royal photographic portraits, Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, as well as a select bibliography and list of illustrations.

Early Photography in Vietnam

Renaissance Books

The must-have classic work on early Japanese photography!\n"Writer Bennett crafted this beautiful and educational book from a collection of 350 old and rare images captured by Western photographers. This book offers a glimpse of life in Japan during one of its most dramatic periods in history." --Shutterbug Magazine\n"The extensive collection of valuable photographs in this book and its text might be described as a visual record of our native land during that period, a record that has been lost to us since so many early photographs left Japan." --Message announcing Photography in Japan: 1853-1912 as the Winner of the 2007 International Award of the Photographic Society of Japan\nThis book presents a fascinating visual record of Japan and Japanese culture during its metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern industrial nation--at a time when the art of photography was still in its infancy. The 350 rare images in this book, most of them published here for the first time, chronicle the introduction of photography in Japan and the history of early Japanese photography. These images are vital in helping us to understand the dramatic changes occurring in Japanese society during this critical period.\nTaken between 1853 and 1912 by talented Japanese and foreign photographers, these photographs document the history of photography in Japan in a comprehensive and systematic way, with extensive information about the photographers as well as the people and subjects illustrated. The images, whether sensational or everyday, intimate or panoramic, document a nation on the brink of abandoning its traditional ways and entering the modern age.

Photography in Japan 1853-1912: Second Edition

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Early Japanese Images

Early Japanese Images

Photography in Japan 1853-1912

Japan: Caught in Time

Korea: Caught in Time (Caught in Time Series)

Korea: Caught in Time

Japan (Caught in Time : Great Photographic Archives)

Early Photography in Vietnam

Photography in Japan 1853-1912

Photography in Japan 1853-1912: Second Edition