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| Eliphalet Brown's portrait of Namura Gohachiro 1854 |
Brown was the official photographer to Perry's 1853 expedition and made his first images in the contested territory of Okinawa, about which there is a frequently reproduced lithograph (below). Of the possibly hundreds of images taken, according to Bennett (2006), only 16 have been positively identified.
A collection of lithographs made from Brown's images can be viewed here.
Bennett, T. (2006). Photography in Japan, 1853-1912. Tokyo: Tuttle.
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| Brown at work, center, in Okinawa, ca 1853 |
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