4 posts tagged “19th”
A highly detailed sculpture by a Japanese artist. Photographed by Kimbei Kusakabe.
The skill of Japanese craftsmen is evident in all that they do. Date of sculpture unknown, but was photographed ca 1880-90s. The image was also published in Boston by the Millet Company in 1897....tipped into their BRINKLEY sets of JAPAN - DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED BY THE JAPANESE, as a real albumen photograph.
Okinawa Soba writes:
From a Sample Set of Classic Meiji and Taisho-era Japan Stereoview and Lantern-Slide images by Japanese Photographer T. ENAMI (1859-1929). See www.t-enami.org
Here is a variant stereoview proof print taken during the session from whence the above image came : www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/2504132479/in/set-7215...
Okinawa Soba writes:
Ca.1898 Hand-tinted glass lantern-slide by T. Enami, Japan's Meiji-era Master of the small format image. www.t-enami.org
Okinawa Soba writes:
Attention all of you OLD JAPANESE ARMOR fans. Hit the ALL SIZES button above the pic, and go for the ORIGINAL size. That will give you a closer look at the fittings and trimmings that went into all of this. The guy on the right has even lifted his kimono in order to have the full "shin guard" recorded by the camera.
1880's photo by KIMBEI KUSAKABE, taken in his Yokohama studio. Scanned from the original 8 x 10 inch hand-colored albumen print. It's over 120 years old, and still one of the great Japanese Armor studio shots from the 19th century. Taken with the wet-plate process, behind the ankles of the guy who is standing you can see part of the brace that was used to keep him as still as possible during the relatively long exposure. It came out very well !
Want to know more ? Better yet, want to make your own ? Go here for an intro, then pick what you want from the sidebar on the LEFT....perhaps starting with ARMOR PARTS :
