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	Title:	Photographs of Japan, vol. 3 Original Title: Japanese photographs in color
	Work Type:	photographs; photograph albums
	Creator:	Stillfried, Baron Raimund von (1839-1911), Austria, photographer Ogawa, Kazumasa (1860-1929), Japan, photographer Tamamura, Kozaburo (b. 1856), Japan, photographer
	Date:	ca. 1873-ca. 1888
	Description:	Album of 27 hand-colored albumen prints from the Meiji period. Marketed primarily to foreign tourists, the images reflect traditional Japanese culture during the mid- to late-19th century before changes brought about by modernization and Western influence. Chiefly studio portraits and genre views, the images document traditional clothing and dress; tea ceremonies and other customs; Buddhist priests, pilgrims, and temples; torii and Shinto shrines; rickshaws; occupations, including firefighters, street vendors, and craftsmen; child acrobats, women dancers, and musicians.
	Dimensions:	31 x 29 cm.
	Associated Name:	Stillman, E. G. (1884-1949), United States, collector Kusakabe, Kimbei (1841-1932), Japan, photographer
	Location:	Subject: Japan Subject: Tokyo, Japan Subject: Yokohama-shi, Japan
	Topics:	tea services; city and town life; craftsmen; merchants; firefighters; Shinto shrines; torii; Buddhist temples; Buddhist priests; Buddhist pilgrims; acrobats; children; kimonos; clothing and dress; women; Japanese; genre photographs; group portraits; portrait photographs; tea ceremonies; shamisens; rickshaws
	Materials/Techniques:	albumen process on cardboard Hand-colored albumen prints on cardboard mounts hinged in album.
	Note:	General: Images measure 28 x 22 cm. or smaller, some with captions in English. Provenance: Gift of E.G. Stillman to Widener Library, 1934. Historical: Ernest Goodrich Stillman, the son of American financier and banker James Stillman, earned his BA from Harvard in 1908 and his MD from Columbia in 1913. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1915-1949. A generous benefactor of Harvard University, he had many interests, including photography and collecting Japanese art and literature. Citation/References: Nagasaki University Library. Metadata database of Japanese old photographs in Bakumatsu-Meiji Periods. Attribution: Many photographs from early commercial studios in Japan do not include photographer credits. Studios and shops frequently produced albums for the foreign market using the work of various photographers without attribution and without using the original captions or catalog numbers. Also, a photographer's negatives might be acquired and incorporated into another studio's stock. For these reasons and more, it is often difficult to identify the photographer of a 19th century Japanese photograph.
	Related Work:	Part of: E.G. Stillman Japanese Collection
	Related Information:	HOLLIS Catalog record
	Repository:	Widener Library EGS13

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Work 1 of 27
	Title:	Procession of Japanese firefighters
	Work Type:	photographs
	Date:	ca. 1875
	Dimensions:	28 x 22 cm.
	Associated Name:	Stillman, E. G. (1884-1949), United States, collector
	Location:	Subject: Japan
	Topics:	firefighters; fire towers; ladders; Japanese
	Materials/Techniques:	albumen process on cardboard Hand-colored albumen print mounted on cardboard and hinged in album.
	Note:	Provenance: Gift of E.G. Stillman to Widener Library, 1934. Historical: Ernest Goodrich Stillman, the son of American financier and banker James Stillman, earned his BA from Harvard in 1908 and his MD from Columbia in 1913. He worked at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research from 1915-1949. A generous benefactor of Harvard University, he had many interests, including photography and collecting Japanese art and literature. General: On recto, lower left, in Japanese characters: No. 7. Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on mount, below image: Fire fighters.
	Related Work:	Part of: E.G. Stillman Japanese Collection
	Related Information:	From the album Photographs of Japan, vol. 3, p. 1 HOLLIS Catalog record
	Repository:	Widener Library EGS13.01

Record Identifier: olvgroup12439