An
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For more than two centuries, Japan turned inward. Interactions with the world outside its borders were rare until the American government sent Commodore Matthew Perry to open diplomatic relations. 150 years ago, the United States and Japan signed a Treaty of Peace and Amity in Yokohama. A daguerreotypist accompanied Perry's mission; except for a few scratched and scarred survivors, his images are known to us today only in the form of lithograph copies. Americans were fascinated by the exotic culture revealed first in the narrative of Perry's expedition and later in the photographs made by Westerners in Japan. When the first Japanese diplomats arrived in New York in 1860, they were greeted by curious crowds and posed for 3-D photographic portraits. Their visit was also heralded by a poem penned by Walt Whitman. Soon, photographic studios were established in Japan, producing images of local scenery and Japanese social customs for distribution around the world. In an age when international travel was still a great rarity, photography helped to bridge the cultural gap between East and West. |
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William
Heine, 1827-1885 (artist) and Ackerman
(lithographer) lithograph,
1856 William
Heine, 1827-1885 (artist) and P. S. Duval & Co.
(lithographers) based on a daguerreotype by Eliphalet Brown,
Jr. (1816-1886) lithograph,
1856 Charles
D. Fredricks (New York) Members
of the Japanese Embassy to the United
States Tinted
albumen stereoscopic view (half shown), 1860 Attributed
to Charles Leander Weed (U.S., 1824-1903) Mammoth-plate
salt print, circa 1860 17
x 21.5 inches Japan
Photographic Association, Yokohama ( Baron Raimund Von
Stillfried and Hermann Andersen) Tinted
albumen print, 1875-1878 Unidentified
Photographer, possibly Adolfo Farsari (Italian-American,
1841-1898, active Yokohama) Tinted
albumen print, circa 1880 Unidentified
Photographer, possibly Adolfo Farsari (Italian-American,
1841-1898, active Yokohama) Tinted
albumen print, circa 1880 Kazuma
Ogawa (1860-1928) Tinted
albumen print, circa 1880 Kimbei
Kusakabe (1841-1934) Tinted
albumen print, circa 1890 Unidentified
Photographer Tinted
albumen print, circa 1880
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