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Vintage albumen print with hand-coloring (circa 1880)
The quality and preservation of the colours are exceptional.
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) The Palanquin Bearers circa 1880
Vintage albumen print with hand-coloring (circa 1880)
The quality and preservation of the colours are exceptional.
Group of 'kago' palanquin bearers on the road to Hakone. A kago is a type of Japanese sedan chair, forming a woven bamboo cabin, carried by two men using a single pole.
The Hakone road is part of the old Tokaido road, the "sea route" laid out in the 17th century along the Pacific.
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.