Meiji Photography

Following the Meiji Restoration, photographs became almost as popular as woodblock prints. By the 1890s, there were well over 800 professional photography studios in Japan, primarily situated in the port towns of Yokohama and Nagasaki, but also rapidly expanding to the major urban center of Tokyo. Photographers of this period often echoed traditional pictorial subjects from painting and ukiyo-e, but were also inventive and artistic. Subjects ranged from studio photography of beautiful women and urban scenes of shopkeepers, rickshaws, and peddlers, to natural wonders such as Mt. Fuji in the mist, cherry blossoms and temples. Ronin Gallery is pleased to open up a portal into the real and imagined world of modern Japan with our collection of Meiji-period photography. These images of traditional Japan still hold the same magic as they did when the world first saw them more than a century before.

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Availability

  • Available
  • Archive

Price

78080

Artist

  • Beato, Felice
  • Kusakabe, Kimbei
  • Tamamura, Kozaburo
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Architectural
  • Autumn
  • Beauties (bijin-ga)
  • Bridges
  • Children
  • Flowers & Gardens
  • Landscapes
  • Mt. Fuji
  • Music & Dance
  • Nature
  • Pastimes
  • Portraits
  • Rituals & Beliefs
  • Spring
  • Warriors & Samurai
  • Waterfalls and Rapids
  • Waterscapes

Period

  • 1868 - 1912 (Meiji)

Medium

  • Photography

Size

  • Small (ie. Chuban)
  • Medium (ie. Oban)

46 Products

Honganji Temple

Honganji Temple

JP-94085

$80.00
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Portrait of a Girl

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Portrait of a Girl

JP-210391

$450.00
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A Festival

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

A Festival

JP-94401

$480.00
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Music Lessons

Kusakabe, Kimbei

Music Lessons

JP-94126

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Yomei Gate at Nikko

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Yomei Gate at Nikko

JP-94407

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Funeral Procession

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Funeral Procession

JP-94308

$280.00
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Portrait of Seated Japanese Woman

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Portrait of Seated Japanese Woman

JPR-111882

$480.00
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Rickshaw

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Rickshaw

JP-94781

$460.00
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Antique Dealer

Antique Dealer

JP-94791

$780.00
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Pagoda at Ueno (Kaneiji Temple)

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Pagoda at Ueno (Kaneiji Temple)

JP-94785

$480.00
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Imaichi Road to Nikko

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Imaichi Road to Nikko

JP-94778

$480.00
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Sakura-Baba at Nagasaki

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Sakura-Baba at Nagasaki

JP-94188

$320.00
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Wisteria Blossoms

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Wisteria Blossoms

JP-94219

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Pagoda at Nara

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Pagoda at Nara

JP-94408

$380.00
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Shamisen

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Shamisen

JP-94421

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Flower Selling

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Flower Selling

JP-94187

$480.00
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View of Sacred Bridge, Nikko

Kusakabe, Kimbei

View of Sacred Bridge, Nikko

JP-94420

$420.00
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Children

Kusakabe, Kimbei

Children

JP-94411

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Wisteria at Nikko Kaido 500 Years Old Cobere 4000 Square Feet Blossoms...

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Wisteria at Nikko Kaido 500 Years Old Cobere 4000 Square Feet Blossoms...

JP-94266

$460.00
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Nagasaki

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Nagasaki

JP-94227

$420.00
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Flower Seller and Child

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Flower Seller and Child

JP-94226

$380.00
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Takinogawa near Tokyo

Tamamura, Kozaburo

Takinogawa near Tokyo

JP-94225

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Fixing Her Obi

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Fixing Her Obi

JP-94222

$580.00
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Dressed for the New Year

Unsigned / Unknown Artist

Dressed for the New Year

JP-94220

$480.00
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