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Kusakabe Kimbei, photo, tea house, Japan, 1880s
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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