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[Japan, Views, Photography], Ogawa
THE CHARMING VIEWS IN THE LAND OF THE RISING SUN
K. Ogawa, 1904
3750.00 €
Buddenbrooks Inc.
(Newburyport, United States of America)
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Edizione: very scarce and one of the earliest publications of it kind. a fine photographic touring book of japan produced and published by the era’s leading photographer. ogawa (1860-1929) was not only the most accomplished japanese photographer of the period, he was also a printer and publisher. he was a pioneer in photomechanical printing and photography in the meiji era. in 1882, he moved to boston where he took courses in portrait photography and the dry plate process. he also studied collotype printing at the albert type company. returning to japan in 1882, he opened the first photography studio in tokyo.<br> ogawa, in conjunction with the rail authorities, produced these books to promote western tourism in japan. over the course of the following decade he would produce several, but this is among the earliest and is quite scarce.