In 1881, after working for many years with the European photographers Felice Beato and Baron Raimund von Stillfried as a photographic colourist and assistant, the Japanese photographer Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934) finally opened his own workshop in the Benten-dōri quarter of Yokohama, and soon established himself as one of the most respected and successful Japanese photographers of his generation.
Kimbei opened another studio in Yokohama's Honmachi quarter in 1889, and also a branch in the Ginza quarter of Tokyo. The selection here is from the collection held by The Getty in Los Angeles, focusing mostly on work from the early part of Kimbei's career.
These hand-colored photographs of Kusakabe Kimbei that show everyday life of Japan in the late 19th century.
Kimbei opened another studio in Yokohama's Honmachi quarter in 1889, and also a branch in the Ginza quarter of Tokyo. The selection here is from the collection held by The Getty in Los Angeles, focusing mostly on work from the early part of Kimbei's career.
These hand-colored photographs of Kusakabe Kimbei that show everyday life of Japan in the late 19th century.
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| Kago travelling chair |
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| Kioto dancing girl |
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| Maker and repairer of Samisens |
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| Mother and child |
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| Peony garden |
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| Picking tea |
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| Pilgrim priests with portable shrine |
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| Playing Go |
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| Porcelain and pottery shops |
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| Reviewing of members of the fire department |
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| Samurai in armour |
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| Sleeping accommodations for two |
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| Sleeping women |
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| Tattooed man |
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| Teaching songs |
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| The Yoshiwara in Tokyo |
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| Theatrical performance |
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| Tub-maker |
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| Women drinking tea |
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| Writing letter |
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| A family group |
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| A group of officers of high rank |
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| A pilgrim |
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| A street of shops |
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| A summer costume |
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| A summer day in the woods |
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| A tete-a-tete |
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| An informal, afternoon tea |
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| Boys playing Kotoro |
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| Clothing shop |
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| Cutting leaf tobacco |
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| Dancers |
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| Dancing girls on temple stage |
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| Dancing girls |
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| Enoshima, a beautiful island off Kamakura, Japan |
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| Farmers wearing rain-coats |
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| Feeding chickens |
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| Gathering shells on the seashore |
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| Geisha playing a flute |
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| Geisha, or singing girls |
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| Girls performing historical dance |
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| Great bell at Chion-In Temple, Kyoto |
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| Hair styling |
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| Itinerant candy seller |
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| Japanese actor |
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| Japanese shoes |
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| Kago bearers |
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