Views of Japan

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)
Baron Raimund von Stillfried (photographer)

Title:

Views of Japan

Date:

ca. 1869

Description:

Felice Beato was one of the first photographers to systematically survey Japan in his 'Photographic Views of Japan with Historical and Descriptive Notes' (1869), containing about one hundred landscapes. This present album does not have a title page but some of the photographs are also found in 'Views of Japan' and another Beato album from the CCA's collection (PH1981:0787:001-093). This present album shows 51 views of Japan in several villages, towns, places and countryside, such as Yokohama, the Tokaido link, Mayonashi, Hakoni, Fusi-Yama, Miyanoshita, Sakawa Nagawa, Gakaiso, Nagasaki, Eiyama, Harra, Omia, Narraiga, Miyanoshita, Tonosawa, Kamakura, Taikeins and Pappenburg. Also shown are peasants, girls, sumotori (wrestlers), northeners, officers, a musician, a doctor and patient, an executioner, firemen, a painter and a priest, etc. Captions with detailed annotations written by Beato's colleagues are pasted on to the facing pages. The photographer Baron Raimund Stillfried who also worked in Japan, acquired the stock and studio of Beato in 1877. A mixture of his own and Beato's work is contained in his subsequent albums, which makes it sometimes difficult to differentiate between a Beato and a Stillfried photograph (cf. Terry Bennett).

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver prints; albumen silver prints with hand-tinting

Dimensions:

album: 35.3 x 48.5 x 3.8 cm secondary supports: 34.2 x 47.5 cm compositions (min.): 21.5 x 16 cm compositions (max.): 25 x 31.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1983:0516:001-051

Point of View:

exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Red cloth covered boards with red leather covered spine and corners, gold gilding and lettering on boards and spine.

Inscription:

inscribed, imprinted and labelled

Location:

Japan

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

gardens
temple
houses
statues
road
town
mountains
lake
forests
villages

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit