Taniguchi Walking Man

KUSAKABE, Kimbei. et al.. YOKOHAMA IN HAND-COLORED ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS: A Collection of 12 Photographs by .
AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIC LOOK AT YOKOHAMA hand-colored albumen photos of [Yokohama] along the shore with early railroad tracks & telephone lines; garden pond & wooden bridge; two Japanese ladies in the same garden, on the bridge; a b.w. photo of what appears to be a foreigner's dog along the river or shore side, with a metal can tied round his neck. The large photographs are: No. 1. title: 545 YOKOHAMA by Kusakabe shows a bird's eye view of Yokohama and the river with two wooden bridges spanning, low hill in the background, a foreigner's business: "CREEK-SIDE ENGINE WORKS NO. 101 E. KILDOYLE." This faces the river near a Zaimoku-ya [lumber yard] verso is stamped: "Albert K. Smiley proprietor of Lake Mohonk House, New Paltz, Ulster County, New York. This image is ilustrated as no. 43, p.38 in PEABODY MUSEUM OF SALEM E.S. MORSE COLLECTION. No. 2:547 HONMOKKU NEAR YO- KOHAMA by Kusakabe. This shows a wooden boat being launched into the ocean waters by four naked Japanese who only wear a Fundoshi and Hachimaki [loin cloth and head band]. The are working before a very worn-out native fisherman's house with a sagging rice-stalk roof and dishevelled Shoji doors.Other houses are visible in the far background. No. 3: 548 TEA HOUSE, HONMOKU by Kusakabe. Shows a very nice Japanese tea house nestled below the trees along the shore line, with a primitive and narrow pier with a lone fisherman plying his skill. One more Japanese man is in the foreground with a long stick or fishing pole. There is a small beached boat at the left and a very tall tree with a narled root near the pier. No. 4: 256 BLUFF GARDENS YOKO-HAMA. This shows some very manicured plants in circles with five Japanese walking leisurly. Tall pines dominate the skyline, bit dusty but clear image. On the verso is No. 5: 339 YOKOHAMA. This shows a solid long wooden bridge spanning across to the Yokohama Station, Kanagawa, construction is of stone, Western-style building with twin squared two-story buildings with chimneys visible. Standing upon the middle of the bridge are two Wes- terners: one with a bowler hat gazing at the water, while a Japanese man faces and talks to them. A very small second number '339' is scratched into the negative just under the bridge base. No.6: 21 GRAVEYARD. Place unknown, but likely Yokohama or Kanagawa area as this was found with the others in a single lot. Shows six priests with shaved heads, deli- vering prayers in a graveyard, while the family member neals before a tombstone with 'Taniguchi' carved in the stone. No. 7: 418 GRAND HOTEL. This shows the quay with a red and white striped flag stating "Grand Hotel" flying before a very lar- ge & impressive Western-style two-story hotel painted in red & white, Three "Jin-rikshaw men" recline on their rickshaws before the entrance awaiting a fare. A very similar image is noted in Bennett done by Stillfried, who's negatives were acquired by Kusakabe along with those of Beato in 1885. A final large size black and white photograph #8 of the [GRAND HOTEL], shows eight rickshaw pullers & eight forigners seat- ed ready to take a ride, four women, in Elizabethian long black dress, elaborate hats and four men, each in a suit and hat, one reads a newspaper, the Japanese translator/guide accompanies on foot. The rickshaw pullers each wear the tra- ditional hat, Wara-zori [grass mat slippers, leggins and the traditional puller's numbered hat with 'Grand Hotel' sten- cilled on. A memorial photograph, nicely posed by the fore- ign visitors, the pullers, show a sad and bewildered expres- sions. This is a very nice lot, each of the large images are crisp, sharp, & with out fading, done in very subdued pastel colors. The smaller images are a bit faded, one is colored with heavy green and over done. See T. Bennett: EARLY IMAGES OF JAPAN for more valuable notes. Other good references-M. Winkel: SOUVENIRS FROM JAPAN. T. Bennett: EARLY JAPANESE IMAGES. H. Cortazzi: JAPAN CAUGHT IN TIME. M. Banta: A TIME- LY ENCOUNTER 19TH CENTURY PHOTOGRAPHS OF JAPAN. C. Worswick: JAPAN PHOTOGRAPHS 1854-1905. L. Hoerner: EINE FOTOREISE DU- RCH DAS ALTE JAPAN. JAPANISCHE PHOTOGRAPHIE 1860-1929. ONCE UPON A TIME: Visions of Old Japan. Kusakabe [1841-1934]. A superbly nice representative group of great images of Yoko- hama area. Color scans can be sent by e-mail. S C A R C E ! !! 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[Yokohama n.d. ca. 1870's-1880's]. A group of 12 albumen hand-colored photographs. Seven 25 x 20 cm. board mounted, all with English titles & numbers in the negative, mixed set various photographers, together with 3 each 13.5 x 9.5 cm.,

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