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The Resource Japan in early photographs : the Aimé Humbert Collection at the Museum of Ethnography, Neuchâtel, Greogoire Mayor / Akiyoshi Tani (eds.) ; foreword by Marc-Olivier Gonseth

Japan in early photographs : the Aimé Humbert Collection at the Museum of Ethnography, Neuchâtel, Greogoire Mayor / Akiyoshi Tani (eds.) ; foreword by Marc-Olivier Gonseth

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"Photographs taken in Japan between the late Edo and early Meiji periods that found their way overseas played a major role in forming Westerners' image of Japan. Among these collections, the pictures gathered by the Swiss diplomat Aimé Humbert (1819-1900) in the 1860s were crucial in building lasting representations of the island nation: many of these, mainly collected in 1863/64 during a sojourn in Yokohama and Edo, were used as sources for the well-known and largely distributed engravings of his famous book Le Japon illustré, published in Paris in 1870. Belonging to the collection of the MEN, these beautiful and well-preserved photographs are published here for the first time. Presented by Japanese and Swiss scholars before the narrative backdrop of their acquisition and application by foreigners, they offer a striking view on a lost world."-- Publisher's website
Language
eng
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Extent
291 pages (some folded)
Note
On the occasion of an exhibition held Museum of Ethnography, Neuchatel, June 19, 2014 - April 19, 2015
Contents
  • Foreword / Marc-Olivier Gonseth
  • Lost in representation?: photographs in the Humbert Collection, a new awareness of Japan / Grégoire Mayor and Akiyoshi Tani
  • Note to the reader
  • "The most sophisticated process in Western art": the role of photography in Aimé Humbert's mission / Grégoire Mayor
  • An investigation into the Aimé Humbert collection using photo-historical research / Akiyoshi Tani
  • Spring and summer 1863
  • "He took with him an excellent photographer, Beato, from whom I would have the entire collection"
  • Discovering a closed world
  • The raise of the touristic gaze: the excursion to Kamakura
  • The views of Yokohama
  • Hidden meanings in the Humbert Collection of Edo photography / Akiyoshi Tani
  • Seven reproductions in the collection
  • The long quest for documentation
  • Pictures by Felice Beato
  • Wirgman's reproductions by Beato
  • Pictures by Shimooka Renjō
  • Images with uncertain paternity
  • An enigma: the Amélie Colomb annotated pictures
  • Some uses of photography as a source for the engravings in "Le Tour du monde" and "Le Japan illustré"
  • Appendix A: The contents of a letter by Aimé Humbert compared with the album of Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek
  • Comparison charts with other albums
  • Appendix B: Author's biographies
  • Appendix C: Missing photographs according to Humbert's list of parcels from October 1863
  • Appendix D: Bibliography
Isbn
9783897900271
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Japan in early photographs : the Aimé Humbert Collection at the Museum of Ethnography, Neuchâtel
Title
Japan in early photographs
Title remainder
the Aimé Humbert Collection at the Museum of Ethnography, Neuchâtel
Statement of responsibility
Greogoire Mayor / Akiyoshi Tani (eds.) ; foreword by Marc-Olivier Gonseth
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Language
eng
Summary
"Photographs taken in Japan between the late Edo and early Meiji periods that found their way overseas played a major role in forming Westerners' image of Japan. Among these collections, the pictures gathered by the Swiss diplomat Aimé Humbert (1819-1900) in the 1860s were crucial in building lasting representations of the island nation: many of these, mainly collected in 1863/64 during a sojourn in Yokohama and Edo, were used as sources for the well-known and largely distributed engravings of his famous book Le Japon illustré, published in Paris in 1870. Belonging to the collection of the MEN, these beautiful and well-preserved photographs are published here for the first time. Presented by Japanese and Swiss scholars before the narrative backdrop of their acquisition and application by foreigners, they offer a striking view on a lost world."-- Publisher's website
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Cataloging source
DLC
Illustrations
photographs
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • catalogs
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  • Mayor, Grégoire,
  • Tani, Akiyoshi,
  • Gonseth, Marc-Olivier,
  • Musée d'ethnographie (Neuchâtel, Switzerland),
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  • Humbert, Aimé
  • Humbert, Aimé
  • Musée d'ethnographie (Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
  • Humbert, Aimé
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Japan
Label
Japan in early photographs : the Aimé Humbert Collection at the Museum of Ethnography, Neuchâtel, Greogoire Mayor / Akiyoshi Tani (eds.) ; foreword by Marc-Olivier Gonseth
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Publication
Note
On the occasion of an exhibition held Museum of Ethnography, Neuchatel, June 19, 2014 - April 19, 2015
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291)
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volume
Carrier category code
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Carrier MARC source
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Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
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Contents
Foreword / Marc-Olivier Gonseth -- Lost in representation?: photographs in the Humbert Collection, a new awareness of Japan / Grégoire Mayor and Akiyoshi Tani -- Note to the reader -- "The most sophisticated process in Western art": the role of photography in Aimé Humbert's mission / Grégoire Mayor -- An investigation into the Aimé Humbert collection using photo-historical research / Akiyoshi Tani -- Spring and summer 1863 -- "He took with him an excellent photographer, Beato, from whom I would have the entire collection" -- Discovering a closed world -- The raise of the touristic gaze: the excursion to Kamakura -- The views of Yokohama -- Hidden meanings in the Humbert Collection of Edo photography / Akiyoshi Tani -- Seven reproductions in the collection -- The long quest for documentation -- Pictures by Felice Beato -- Wirgman's reproductions by Beato -- Pictures by Shimooka Renjō -- Images with uncertain paternity -- An enigma: the Amélie Colomb annotated pictures -- Some uses of photography as a source for the engravings in "Le Tour du monde" and "Le Japan illustré" -- Appendix A: The contents of a letter by Aimé Humbert compared with the album of Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek -- Comparison charts with other albums -- Appendix B: Author's biographies -- Appendix C: Missing photographs according to Humbert's list of parcels from October 1863 -- Appendix D: Bibliography
Control code
1008364200
Dimensions
30 cm
Extent
291 pages (some folded)
Isbn
9783897900271
Lccn
2017464883
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
chiefly photographs
System control number
(OCoLC)1008364200
Label
Japan in early photographs : the Aimé Humbert Collection at the Museum of Ethnography, Neuchâtel, Greogoire Mayor / Akiyoshi Tani (eds.) ; foreword by Marc-Olivier Gonseth
Publication
Note
On the occasion of an exhibition held Museum of Ethnography, Neuchatel, June 19, 2014 - April 19, 2015
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-291)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Foreword / Marc-Olivier Gonseth -- Lost in representation?: photographs in the Humbert Collection, a new awareness of Japan / Grégoire Mayor and Akiyoshi Tani -- Note to the reader -- "The most sophisticated process in Western art": the role of photography in Aimé Humbert's mission / Grégoire Mayor -- An investigation into the Aimé Humbert collection using photo-historical research / Akiyoshi Tani -- Spring and summer 1863 -- "He took with him an excellent photographer, Beato, from whom I would have the entire collection" -- Discovering a closed world -- The raise of the touristic gaze: the excursion to Kamakura -- The views of Yokohama -- Hidden meanings in the Humbert Collection of Edo photography / Akiyoshi Tani -- Seven reproductions in the collection -- The long quest for documentation -- Pictures by Felice Beato -- Wirgman's reproductions by Beato -- Pictures by Shimooka Renjō -- Images with uncertain paternity -- An enigma: the Amélie Colomb annotated pictures -- Some uses of photography as a source for the engravings in "Le Tour du monde" and "Le Japan illustré" -- Appendix A: The contents of a letter by Aimé Humbert compared with the album of Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek -- Comparison charts with other albums -- Appendix B: Author's biographies -- Appendix C: Missing photographs according to Humbert's list of parcels from October 1863 -- Appendix D: Bibliography
Control code
1008364200
Dimensions
30 cm
Extent
291 pages (some folded)
Isbn
9783897900271
Lccn
2017464883
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
chiefly photographs
System control number
(OCoLC)1008364200

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