Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan

Assembled by collectors Dr. Henry D. Rosin and Nancy Rosin to document nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century photography of Japan. Includes albumen prints, portions handcolored, some signed and numbered in the negative. Taken by photographers Felice Beato (b. ca. 1825), Baron Raimon von Stillfried (1938-1911), Kusakabe Kimbei (active 1880s), Ueno Hikoma (1838-1904), Ogawa Kazumasa (1860-1929) and unknown photographers to depict architecture, landscapes, formal studio portraits, and daily activities.

Henry and Nancy Rosin were collectors of Japanese photography of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

FSA A1999.35

Rosin, Henry D., Dr.

Rosin, Nancy

Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920

Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904

Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825

Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911

Underwood & Underwood

Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912

Shōken, Empress, consort of Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1850-1914

Japan

Japan -- 1890-1900

Kyoto (Japan)

Tokyo (Japan)

Yokohama-shi (Japan)

Photography of women

Streets -- Japan

Temples -- Japan

Samurai

Sumo wrestlers

Religion

Japanese tea ceremony

Purchase and partial donation frpm Henry and Nancy Rosin. 1999, 2000, and 2001.

Ainu

Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Mammoth plates

Photographs

Photograph albums

Stereographs

Cartes-de-visite

Photographic prints

Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Organized chronologically by the creators.

Mammoth plates

Photographs -- 1850-1900

Photograph albums

Stereographs -- 1860-1900

Cartes-de-visite

Photographic prints

Collection is open for research.