A comprehensive, authoritative, and fascinating book that offers a unique visual record of Japan's metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation.
'Photography in Japan 1853-1912' contains 350 old and rare images, many published for the first time. It chronicles the introduction of photography in Japan and demonstrates that early photographic images in Japan are vital in helping to understand the dramatic changes that occurred in mid-nineteenth century Japan.
Taken between 1853 and 1912 by the most important local and foreign photographers in Japan, the photographs documents a nation about to abandon its traditional ways and enter the modern age.
