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Rutland [1996], Tuttle. Black cloth, 152p., 166 photos of 40 hand-colored, 100 sepia toned images, appendix, biblio- graphy, of photographic terms, index of 1200 numbered early photos, dust jacket, A NEW COPY. * FIRST & ONLY EDITION * . *** **** *** . . AN EXCELLRNT REFERENCE SOURCE FOR . . . EARLY JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHS . . * Covering the early days of photography in Japan, from 1853, when Commodore Perry's ships landed, to the end of the Meiji era in 1912. An introductory essay gives historical background about this turbulent period, and captions give detailed information about the book's 166 photos. . The photos, many published here for the first time, provide a rare look at a Japan few people know. Subjects include Geisha and Samurai, beggars, Ainu and Westerners, Japanese soldiers at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war, Dejima [Deshima] in the 1860's, a bathhouse & nude women in the 1890's, Kobe's Bund, &c. . The images were taken by the most famous and important photographers of Meiji Japan. These include Felice Beato and Baron von Stillfried, who took some of the earliest photos of Japan, Shimo'oka Renjo and Ueno Hikoma, the first professional Japanese photographers, and others, both Western and Japanese, who took the most fascinating photos of Japan. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: This is a new copy, unused in originsl dust jacket. . *.
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