Kunichika: Beauty Taking a Photograph (Sold)

Artist: Toyohara Kunichika
Title: The Photograph
Series: Mirror of Human Nature 開花人情鏡
Date: 1878 (Meiji 11)

Titled “The Photograph”, we see a fashionable beauty in the process of adjusting a large camera. The cartouche seems to be imitating a wooden, western-style frame. In 1877 the number of professional photographers in Tokyo alone exceeded 100. Rare and exquisitely printed, with the black areas featuring the burnishing technique to create a shiny surface.

Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Dimensions: ôban 37.9 X 25.5 cm
Literature: See Freer/Sackler Smithsonian website.
Signature: Toyoharu Kunichika hitsu

SKU: CHC017S