Reflecting truth : Japanese photography in the nineteenth century / edited by Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere and Mikiko Hirayama.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge, 1961-

Hirayama, Mikiko.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Japan--History--19th century.

Photography.

History.

Japan.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

111 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Hotei, 2004.

Summary:

This publication shows how scholarly investigation of Japanese photography in recent years has entered an important transitional stage -- moving beyond its focus on new discoveries and descriptions of collections, to a more sophisticated investigation of photography in its historical and cultural contexts. At one time marginalized as either a practical technique or amateur art form, Japanese photography has now earned full recognition as a legitimate subject of scholarly inquiry. It is now being examined in terms of its aesthetics, technological development, and its role in the development of a national identity in Japanese art during the country's transition to modernity as well as in contemporary society.

Contents:

Encounters with Foreign Photographers: The Introduction and Spread of Photography in Kyushu / Himeno Junichi 18

'I been to keep up my position': Felice Beato in Japan, 1863-1877 / Sebastian Dobson 30

Changing Views: The Early Topographical Photographs of Stillfried & Company / Luke Gartlan 40

Packaged Tours: Photo Albums and Their Implications for the Study of Early Japanese Photography / Allen Hockley 66

Portraying the War Dead: Photography as a Medium for Memorial Portraiture / Kinoshita Naoyuki 86

'Elegance' and 'Discipline': The Significance of Sino-Japanese Aesthetic Concepts in the Critical Terminology of Japanese Photography, 1903-1923 / Mikiko Hirayama 100.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures".

"The papers in this volume were originally presented at an international conference ..., held on 2 November 2002 in Norwich, England."-- P. 8.

ISBN:

9074822762

OCLC:

56697135