Title & Author:

Reflecting truth : Japanese photography in the nineteenth century / edited by Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere and Mikiko Hirayama.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Hotei, ©2004.

Description:

111 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm

Notes:
"Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures."
"The papers in this volume were originally presented at an international conference, 'Reflecting truth: Japanese photography in the nineteenth century', held on 2 November 2002 in Norwich, England."--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Encounters with foreign photographers : the introduction and spread of photography in Kyūshū / Himeno Junichi -- 'I been to keep up my position' : Felice Beato in Japan, 1863-1877 / Sebastian Dobson -- Changing views : the early topographical photographs of Stillfried & Company / Luke Gartlan -- Packaged tours : photo albums and their implications for the study of early Japanese photography / Allen Hockley -- Portraying the war dead : photography as a medium for memorial portraiture / Kinoshita Naoyuki -- 'Elegance' and 'discipline' : the significance of Sino-Janapnese aesthetic concepts in the critical terminology of Japanese photography, 1903-1923 / Mikiko Hirayama.

Summary:

This title shows how scholarly investigation of Japanese photography has entered an important transitional stage - moving beyond its focus on the introduction of new discoveries and descriptions of collections, to a more sophisticated investigation of photography in historical and cultural contexts.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9074822762 (pbk.)
9789074822763 (pbk.)

Subject:

Photography Japan History 19th century.
Photography.
Fotografie.
Japan.
Japanese photography

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Rousmaniere, Nicole Coolidge, 1961-
Hirayama, Mikiko.
Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 244902
Call No.: BIB 174556
Status: Available