{"id":134430,"date":"2020-02-03T16:24:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=134430"},"modified":"2020-02-03T16:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T16:25:50","slug":"photography-in-japan-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography in Japan book review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photography in Japan by Terry Bennett<\/h2>\n\t\t
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‘Portrait of a Geisha’ by Ogawa Kazumasa, taken in Tokyo, 1891<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

With Japan having a \u2018moment\u2019 \u2013 more people are visiting than ever before, and there\u2019s lots of excitement about the Olympics \u2013 it seems an opportune time to feature this masterful historical work. Photography has deep roots in the land of the rising sun, and it\u2019s no coincidence Japanese camera makers still dominate the market.<\/p>\n

A review is also timely as there is currently a lot of interest in old images from the Far East, and although rare negatives and prints from 19th century Japan don\u2019t generally fetch as much as those from China, they remain a great investment. Terry Bennett is a world authority in this subject, being the driving force behind the well-regarded website, oldasiaphotography.com<\/a> (he also found and helped restore the grave of the great British travel photographer, John Thomson).<\/p>\n\t\t

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Landscape by M Yokoyama, taken in 1875<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

The earliest known photography of Japan dates from the 1850s, which may not seem a big deal compared to the UK or France, but goes back to the dawn of the country\u2019s modernisation. Under pressure from American and European governments, backed by veiled military threats, the feudal Tokugawa dynasty who\u2019d ruled the place since 1600 reluctantly allowed foreigners to trade and settle in large numbers. And with the traders, diplomats and adventurers came cameras…<\/p>\n\t\t

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\u2018Warrior\u2019, by Felice Beato, taken in 1867<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n

The depth of Bennett\u2019s research into this period is really impressive, and he reveals his findings that the first Japanese photographer was probably Manjiro Nakahama, a castaway who learned English in America and returned to Edo (now Tokyo) in the early 1850s with daguerreotype equipment. As you\u2019d expect, Bennett gives a lot of space to the achievements of Felice Beato (1832-1909) whose hand-tinted images of bashful yet alluring geisha and fierce samurai still colour \u2013 pardon the pun \u2013 how we think of Japan. Yet much followed after Beato, and Bennett\u2019s richly illustrated narrative on the development of commercial photography in the fast-changing country is riveting. A monumental achievement.<\/p>\n

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Photography in Japan<\/h2>\n\"Photography\n

Published by <\/strong>Tuttle Publishing
\n<\/strong>Price<\/strong> \u00a350
\nPages<\/strong> 320
\nCover<\/strong> hardback
\nISBN<\/strong> 978-0804836333
\nScore<\/strong> 5\/5<\/p>\n\n

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All pictures reproduced with permission<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This engrossing study of how a formerly feudal society embraced photography in the 19th century is a must-read, says Geoff Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2716,"featured_media":134442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[663],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-134430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book_reviews"],"yoast_head":"\nPhotography in Japan book review - Amateur Photographer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Photography in Japan is a must-read book that shows how a formerly feudal society embraced photography in the 19th century\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Photography in Japan book review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photography in Japan is a must-read book that shows how a formerly feudal society embraced photography in the 19th century\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Amateur Photographer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Amateur.photographer.magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-03T16:24:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-03T16:25:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/01\/Photography-in-Japan-landscape-2-e1580725606845.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"335\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AP_Magazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Photography in Japan book review\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-03T16:24:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-03T16:25:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2020\/01\/Photography-in-Japan-landscape-2-e1580725606845.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Photography books\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/book_reviews\/photography-in-japan-book-review\/\",\"name\":\"Photography in Japan book review - 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