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Vintage hand-colored albumen print (circa 1880)
The quality and preservation of the colours are exceptional.
Chuizenji Lake, Nikko
Lake Chuzenji is a body of water located at the foot of Mount Nantai in the Okunikko area of Nikko. Formed more than 20,000 years ago following a volcanic eruption, it is the highest sacred lake in Japan, reaching an altitude of 1,269 meters.
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934) was a colorist and assistant to Felice Beato and Baron Raimond Von Stillfried before opening his own studio in Yokohama in 1881.
Around 1885, he bought back the negatives of Beato and Stillfried. Kimbei immortalized numerous portraits of Japanese people at the end of the 19th century. The prints, which he hand-colored, were then sold to tourists visiting the country.
KUSAKABE KIMBEI (1841-1934) Lake Chuizenji, Nikko c. 1880
Vintage hand-colored albumen print (circa 1880)
The quality and preservation of the colours are exceptional.
Chuizenji Lake, Nikko
Lake Chiuzenji is a body of water located at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko. Formed over 20,000 years ago following a volcanic eruption, it is the highest sacred lake in Japan.
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934) was a colorist and assistant to Felice Beato and Baron Raimond Von Stillfried before opening his own studio in Yokohama in 1881.
Around 1885, he bought back the negatives of Beato and Stillfried. Kimbei immortalized numerous portraits of Japanese people at the end of the 19th century. The prints, which he hand-colored, were then sold to tourists visiting the country.