A Career of Japan: Baron Raimund Von Stillfried and Early Yokohama Photography

by Luke Gartlan

A Career of Japan is the first study of one of the major photographers and personalities of nineteenth-century Japan. Baron Raimund von Stillfried was the most important foreign-born photographer of the Meiji era and one of the first globally active photographers of his generation. He played a key role in the international image of Japan and the adoption of photography within Japanese society itself. Yet, the lack of a thorough study of his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004289321
• ISBN13: 9789004289321
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 10.1"