Shashin: Nineteenth-Century Japanese Studio Photography: 19th Century Japanese Studio Photography

The Japanese had experimented with photography, but after Commodore Perry’s arrival with his American forces in 1853, new opportunities arose and pictures made from the 1860s to the 1900s by enterprising foreign and Japanese photographers were often collected into ornate albums by tourists.

Publisher: The Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria
Date Published: 2004
Book Condition: Near fine softcover with minor edge wear and shelf wear. Previous owner’s name on the inside of the front cover.