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In-Focus Portfolio 2006 Silk & Ceremony

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Three vintage portfolios by Tamamura Kozaburo
Tamamura Kozaburo (1856-1923?) began in the photography business with a shop in Asakusa, Tokyo in 1874. In 1883 he moved to Yokohama and opened a studio where he prospered. He specialized in souvenir photo albums of Japan which were exported. He also conducted portrait photography in his studio. He is regarded as one of the originators of "Yokohama Shashin" (tourist photographs). It appears the zenith of his production was in the 1890s. He produced albumen photographs as well as collotypes. These were often hand colored. Kozaburo Tamamura export albums often sometimes came with "grass type covers" as well as in lacquer over wood covers. It is said that in the 1890s Tamamura employed over 100 colorists to fill a special order for hand colored photographs (sometimes stated to be as many as 180,000 photos). By George C. Baxley

This In-Focus Portfolio highlights three partial collections of Tamamura's photography from the Taisho Period (1912 - 1926) entitled by the artist as: "The Ceremonies of a Japanese Marriage," "The Silk of Japan" and "The Ceremonial Tea Observance in Japan."
     

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Japanese Marriage #5

Japanese Marriage #6

Japanese Marriage #7

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Japanese Marriage #8

Japanese Marriage #9

Japanese Marriage #11

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Japanese Marriage #12

Japanese Marriage #15

Japanese Marriage #17

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Japanese Marriage #18

Japanese Marriage #19

Japanese Marriage #20

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The Silk of Japan #1

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The Silk of Japan #4

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The Silk of Japan #7

The Silk of Japan #8

The Silk of Japan #9

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The Silk of Japan #10

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The Silk of Japan #12

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Ceremonial Tea Observance #1

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Ceremonial Tea Observance #4

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Ceremonial Tea Observance #8

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Ceremonial Tea Observance #11

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