Collection including three large ensemble photographs of women from a well-known studio.

[KYOTO - LATE MEIJI STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS]

Published by Late Meiji? [1900?]., Kyoto., 1900

About this Item

Nine mounted studio photographs, the images with some fading and spotting but overall in good condition, the mounts worn and toned a few with occasional spotting: Three (large ensemble groups of women), 21 x 26.5 cms mounted on embossed card, two with the Kyoto studio stamps of Kiyokuan and the other Kobayashi; One (young cadets) 21.8 x 27.1 cms with a glassine wrapper annotated with the names of the students; One (older cadets) 21.7 x 27.1 cms, the mount with a stamped border; Two (wedding couple and larger family group) 19.3 x 13.4 cms and 21 x 26.4 cms in covered window mounts, with the stamps of R. Kohno studio, Kyoto each with manuscript annotations to the verso of the cover; One (formal family group) 14.1 x 20.2 cms in a covered window mount, stamped Central Studio, Nagoya, the front cover loose and worn, manuscript annotations on the verso; One 15.5 x 21.2 cms (casual family group), the mount with a greek key and foliated border (worn) and the image faded. Five (blank) patient registration forms on fine paper in very good condition. A collection of early 20th century photographs from a well-educated Japanese middle-class family. It is likely that they belonged to the family of a doctor named Tanaka Fusa who had a clinic in Nishio town in the Hazu district of Aichi Prefecture. (The photos are accompanied by mid-20th century patient registration forms from Dr. Tanaka's clinic). Three of the photos show large group of women (approximately 200 in total), and were produced by the Kiyokuan Studio in Kyoto, a studio established by Kobayashi Teisuke in 1900. They were most likely female high school students on their school excursion to Kyoto, each adopting the same hair style (Hisashigami style) which was very fashionable among high school girls towards the end of the 19th century. Another family group photo bears the mark of well-known Meiji era Kyoto photographer Hori Masumi (1857-1911). Two later photos are of the wedding, in the grounds of Kyoto's Heian Jingu, of Ueki Ukichi and his bride Ujiko in May 1929. (A Ueda Ukichi is listed as a law student at Kansai University in the early 1920s, so this may be the same person). There is an early twentieth century photo of a group of schoolboys, each carefully named on the covering tissue, and a 1929 photo from a Nagoya studio of a group of dignitaries, also individually named on the covering sheet.

Seller Inventory # 214646

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collection including three large ensemble photographs of women from a well-known studio.
• Publisher: Late Meiji? [1900?]., Kyoto.
• Publication Date: 1900
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art - Photography