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JAPAN -- OGAWA K(AZUMASA). Some Japanese flowers. Yokohama, (etc.), Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., n.d. (=1896). W. title-p. and 37 full-p. cold. collotype plates, partly finished by hand, all under captioned tissue guards. Fol. Or. stab bind. held together by 2 threaded cords, covered w. floral dec. silk and w. lettering on front side, a.e.g. (Outer corners a bit worn/dam., cover slightly soiled, some tears to tissue guards in places, but in v.g. condition).
Stunning floral images by Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929), Japanese photographer, printer, and publisher, known for his pioneering work in photomechanical printing and photography in the Meiji era. After opening his own photography studio and working as an English interpreter for the Yokohama Police Department, Ogawa decided to travel to the United States to learn first hand the advance photographic techniques of the time. Having little money, Ogawa managed to get hired as a sailor on the USS Swatara and six months later landed in Washington. For the next two years, in Boston and Philadelphia, Ogawa studied printing techniques including the complicated collotype process. - Rare.€ 500
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