Albumen print, hand colored. Title: A 564 THEATRE STREET AT YOKOHAMA. View of the street that leads to the theater. Left and right tall banners, a large crowd. In the background one can just see the facade of the theater. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.2 x 27.2 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4x 20 1/4 in. (46.4 x 51.6 cm).
Some creases, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge to matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato around 1861. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama. He had a retail store in Ginza, Tokyo.

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Albumen print, hand colored. Title: M 77. SANO. View of a fork in the river at Sano. In the background a large residence. To the right a bridge crossing the river. In the background waterfalls. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.2 x 26.4 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 in. (46.2 x 51.2 cm).
Light crease in upper middle, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge to matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame).

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: A 278 HONMURA STREET, YOKOHAMA. View of a street with little shops in Yokohama. At the end of the street the stone steps to a shinto shrine. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.1 x 27 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (46.3 x 51.4 cm).
Creases at right side. Hinged at upper edge to matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: B 69 MATSUSHIMA, INLAND SEA (THREE VIEW IN JAPAN) PART I. View of a bridge over a river. Two travelers on the bridge. Part of the road has been hewn out of the rock (right). Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.1 x 26.5cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (46.3 x 51.4 cm).
Good condition. Hinged at upper edge to mat (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title is underneath mat. View over the pond at the 5 storied pagoda in Nara (?). Some houses. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 inches (19.3 x 25.5 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (46.3 x 51.4 cm).
Some light spots in the sky, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: E 52. FUJI FROM OTOMETOGE. In the foreground a man with a hores and a man with a chest on his back. To the left a man and a woman with child are resting at a tea stand. In the background the Fuji in full glory but in the haze. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.2 x 26.6 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (46.3 x 51.2 cm).
Good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Another, similar, composition from virtually the same spot is found in an album by Kusakawa Kimbei in the New York Public Library. It bears the title 'Fujiyama, from Otometoge' and is numbered 998 in white digits.

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Albumen print, hand colored. Title: A 309 SAKURAYA, (TEA HOUSE) HONMOKU YOKOHAMA. A geisha in a rikshaw in front of the house Sakuraya. In the door opening and on the 2nd floor three more young women and a servant. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.2 x 27.1 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (46.3 x 51.2 cm).
Some creasing in upper part, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

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Albumen print, hand colored. Title: 1253 WISTERIA BLOSSOMS. A woman holding a baby sits on a bench next to a young girl, in front of a house. Over the entrance an abundantly flowering wisteria. To the left stands a woman with a young child on the back. Next to her a young girl. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and frame.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.2 x 26.6 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat). Frame: 18 1/4 x 20 1/8 in. (46.3 x 51.2 cm).
Minimal creasing in left margin, otherwise good condition. Hinged at upper edge matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (label on back of frame)

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: H 58. SCENE IN THE COUNTRY. View on a road through a hamlet. Farmers with tools, a child on an ox. In the background a tall stone lantern. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and framed.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 3/16 inches (19.7 x 26.2 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat); frame: 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches (46.6 x 51.7 cm).
Very good condition. Hinged at margins on matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (see label on reverse of frame).

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: C 25 CLEANING THE RICE PLANT. A group of farmers standing near the farm house, beating the rice out of the plants and cleaning away the straw. A mother and three children watch. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and framed.
Inner outline of mat: 7 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (20.1 x 27.2 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat); frame: 18 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches (46.9 x 51.9 cm).
Basically good condition. Hinged at margins on matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (see label on reverse of frame).

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: C11. PICKING TEA. A group of women, men and children standing between the tea shrubs. In the background the roofs to the houses in an hamlet. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and framed.
Inner outline of mat: 8 x 10 ½ inches (20.4 x 26.9 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat); frame: 18 ¼ x 20 ¼ inches (46.9 x 51.9 cm).
Minimal water (?) damage at upper and upper part otherwise good condition. Hinged at margins on matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (see label on reverse of frame).

Albumen print, hand colored. Title: D42 (?) A DEALER IN FURNITURE. View of a row of stores along a street where used furniture and other household goods are being sold. Artist: Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943). Studio stamp on reverse. Photograph probably from mid 1880s. Mat and framed.
Inner outline of mat: 7 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches (19.6 x 26 cm) (the actual photo is slightly larger, as it continues underneath mat); frame: 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 inches (46.1 x 51.7 cm).
Three small bubbles in paper (legs of right man), crayon scratch at upper margin, otherwise good condition. Hinged at margins on matboard (can be undone).
Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1943) was active in the 1880s through 1900. He was an assistant to Felix Beato until 1863. He started his own studio in 1881 in Yokohama.

Ex Prudential Art Program (see label on reverse of frame).