Ogawa Kazumasa – Brinkley, Japan, described and illustrated by the Japanese
Ogawa Kazumasa - Brinkley, Japan, described and illustrated by the Japanese
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Ogawa Kazumasa – Brinkley, F(rancis, ed.). Japan, described and illustrated by the Japanese. Written by eminent Japanese authorities and scholars. 10 Bände. Boston, Mass, J. B. Millet (1897-1898). Folio (41 x 32 cm.). Mit 15 farb. Tafeln (Orchideen und andere Blumen, Collotypes), 30 handkol. Orig.-Photographien (Albuminabzüge, jeweils ca. 25 x 19 cm.), 220 Abb. im Text u. 15 farblithogr. Ornament-Tafeln auf Tonpapier. OHln. mit goldgepr. illustr. Deckelsch. (als Blockbuch gebunden). Heiting/Ryuichi S. 10 f. (Emperer’s edition). – „Tokyo edition. Limited to five hundred copies, of which this is copy No. 211“. – Die früheste und umfangreichste Buchreihe über Japan mit Orig.-Photographien. – Insgesamt erschienen 7 teils num. Ausgaben. – Die meisten Aufnahmen stammen von dem japanischen Fotopionier Ogawa Kazumasa (auch Ogawa Kazuma oder Ogawa Isshin, 1860-1929), darunter auch die schönen Farbtafeln verschiedener Blumen (die heute noch als Kunstdrucke angeboten werden, vorliegende num. Ausgabe mit 5 zusätzlichen Tafeln), die berühmte Aufnahme des Fuji (″Mount Fuji as seen from Kashiwabara“), japanische Ringer, Frauen bei einer Tee-Zeremonie, „Tatooed Postman“ u. a. – Ogawa studierte bereits als 15jähriger bei Yoshiwara Hideo Englisch und ging 1880 nach Tokio um seine Englischkenntnisse zu verbessern. In Yokohama wurde er von Shimooka Renjo, einem der ersten professionellen Fotografen, ausgebildet. 1882 ging er nach Boston, wo er Kurse in Portraitfotografie belegte und bei der Albert Type Company den Lichtdruck kennenlernte. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Japan 1884 eröffnete er in Iidabashi (Kojimachi) ein Fotoatelier, das erste in Tokio. Vier Jahre später gründete er eine Fabrik für Trockenplatten und 1889 Japans erste Druckerei für Lichtdrucke (Ogawa Shashin jo). Ogawa war auch Redakteur bei zwei frühen japanischen Fotozeitschriften, die in seinem Unternehmen im Lichtdruck-Verfahren hergestellt wurden. Außerdem war er Gründungsmitglied der Japan Photographic Society. – „By the end of the 19th century the first photographic publications about Japan by a Japanese photographer were published in Boston and London, though Japan showed little interest in them. Many of the early photographs in these „foreign“ publications came from the studio of Ogawa Kazumasa who was also a printer and publisher. He had learned English and the craft of photomechanical printing in Boston. Returning to Japan in 1884, he opened his first studio in Tokyo the next year. At the time, it seems that there were few, if any, Japanese photo publications and most were made for Western consumption. Culturally, Japan was still burdened by its feudal history, which made it suspicious of anything new or Western“ (M. Heiting). – 3 Bände mit Abriebstellen am Bezugspapier, Ecken etwas bestoßen, sonst sehr gut erhalten. – The earliest and most comprehensive series of books on Japan with original photographs. – A total of 7 partly num. editions. – Most of the photographs were taken by the Japanese photo pioneer Ogawa Kazumasa (also Ogawa Kazuma or Ogawa Isshin, 1860-1929), including the beautiful color plates of various flowers (which are still offered as art prints today, this num. Ogawa studied English with Yoshiwara Hideo at the age of 15 and went to Tokyo in 1880 to improve his English language skills. In Yokohama he was trained by Shimooka Renjo, one of the first professional photographers. In 1882 he went to Boston, where he took courses in portrait photography and learned about collotype printing at the Albert Type Company. On his return to Japan in 1884, he opened a photo studio in Iidabashi (Kojimachi), the first in Tokyo. Four years later he founded a dry plate factory and in 1889 Japan’s first collotype printing company (Ogawa Shashin jo). Ogawa was also editor of two early Japanese photographic magazines, which were produced in his company using the collotype process. He was also a founding member of the Japan Photographic Society. – 3 volumes with wear to the cover paper, corners somewhat bumped, otherwise in very good condition.
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