Object Details
Artist
Kusakabe Kimbei
Date
1860-1900
Medium
Albumen print with applied color
Dimensions
Image: 7 x 9 1/4 inches (17.8 x 23.5 cm)
Sheet: 11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry D. Rosin
Object
Number
85.080.344
In the 1860s, Kusakabe Kimbei joined Felice Beato’s studio as a hand-colorist, eventually becoming(…)
In the 1860s, Kusakabe Kimbei joined Felice Beato’s studio as a hand-colorist, eventually becoming a photography assistant. Later, in the 1870s, he worked with Baron Raimund von Stillfried, and by 1880 had opened his own photography studio. He specialized in selling souvenir albums, and his talents as both a painter and photographer combined to create some of the highest quality Meiji-period images. (“American Sojourns and the Collecting of Japanese Art,” curated by Ellen Avril and presented at the Johnson Museum June 25–December 18, 2016)
