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Ogawa Kazumasa
Woman collecting sea shells

1880

$500
£379.39
€433.80
CA$698.36
A$776.49
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MX$9,451.73
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SEK 4,847.06
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Circa 1890 Hand-tinted albumen print, 10 1/2 x 8 inches (266 x 203 mm), small handwritten number '285' in negative, lower left. Unmounted; housed in an archival mat with clear mounting corners. [Nagasaki University Library, Catalog Number : 1889] A woman wearing a towel over her head Anesama kaburi style picks up shells. The background is the sea. There are boats with sails on the beach. It is probably a dramatized photo. Ogawa Katsumasa (1860 – 1936) was a pivotal figure in early Japanese photography. He adapted cutting-edge Western technology in photo-printing processes to produce numerous half-tone and collotype publications which transformed the market which had previously concentrated on the more expensive souvenir albums. Ogawa's publications were also instrumental in introducing Japanese art and culture to a mass international audience. He built one of the most successful photographic businesses in late-Meiji Japan. He opened his first portrait studio in Tomioka, Gumma Prefecture, in 1877. [Bennett, Terry. Old Japanese Photographs: Collectors' Data Guide. London: Quarich, 2006].
  • Creator:
    Ogawa Kazumasa
  • Creation Year:
    1880
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 10.48 in (26.6 cm)Width: 8 in (20.3 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Middletown, NY
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: BH11441stDibs: LU1979215729202

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