§AN IMPORTANT ALBUM ATTRIBUTED TO TAMAMURA KOZABURO 玉村康三郎 (1856-1923?)
Japan, 19th century
An important album of 50 large Meiji period coloured photographs, with Shibayama lacquer plates...

§AN IMPORTANT ALBUM ATTRIBUTED TO TAMAMURA KOZABURO 玉村康三郎 (1856-1923?)
Japan, 19th century
An important album of 50 large Meiji period coloured photographs, with Shibayama lacquer plates and offered at auction together with its original fabric lined box. Some of them depict geishas from the world-renowned number 9 brothel of Yokohama also known as the nectarine brothel. Dimensions: - the box: 27 x 36 cm - each photograph: 21,4 x 27,8 cm

Notes:
1. Tamamura Kōzaburō (玉村 康三郎) (1856-1923?) was a Japanese photographer. In 1874 he opened a photographic studio in Asakusa, Tokyo and subsequently moved to Yokohama in 1883, opening his most successful studio. He was an originator of the Yokohama shashin photographic scene. His studio was still operating in 1909.
2. For a related album of photographs housed in a public museum, see inventory number AP15885 of the French National Museum of Asian Art Guimet, Paris.

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